National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2060

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 5.x before 5.1(8)E2 and 6.x before 6.0(5)E2, when inline mode and jumbo Ethernet support are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic), and possibly bypass intended restrictions on network traffic, via a "specific series of jumbo Ethernet frames."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CISCO

Name: 20080618 Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Jumbo Frame Denial of Service

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00809b3842.shtml

External Source: XF

Name: cisco-ips-ethernetframes-dos(43166)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43166

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020326

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020326

External Source: BID

Name: 29791

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29791

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1872

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1872/references

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30767

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30767