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Cisco Catalyst Switch Non-Standard TCP Flag Combination DoS Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9223
Release Date: 2003-07-09
Popularity: 11,891 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Cisco CATOS 5.x
Cisco CATOS 6.x
Cisco CATOS 7.x

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Description:
Cisco has reported a vulnerability in CatOS for various Catalyst switches, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on certain active services on a vulnerable device.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of certain TCP packets. This can be exploited by making just eight (8) TCP connection attempts with a non-standard TCP flag combination to a listening service. After receiving the connection attempts, the service will stop responding to further connection attempts.

The vulnerability has been reported to affect the following Catalyst models:
- Catalyst 4000 Series including models 2948G and 2980G/2980G-A
- Catalyst 5000 Series including models 2901, 2902 and 2926
- Catalyst 6000

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