National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0244

Overview

Cisco 6000, 6500, and 7600 series systems with Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 (MSFC2) and a FlexWAN or OSM module allow local users to cause a denial of service (hang or reset) by sending a layer 2 frame packet that encapsulates a layer 3 packet, but has inconsistent length values with that packet.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#810062

Name: VU#810062

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/810062

External Source: XF

Name: cisco-malformed-frame-dos(15013)

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/15013

External Source: BID

Name: 9562

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9562

External Source: CISCO

Name: 20040203 Cisco 6000/6500/7600 Crafted Layer 2 Frame Vulnerability

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040203-cat6k.shtml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 10780

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/10780

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5828

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5828