24437 : Cisco ONS 15000 Series Malformed OSPF Packet DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-04-05

Keywords

CSCsc54558

Description

Cisco ONS 15000 platforms contain a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service against the device's control cards. The issue is triggered when specially crafted OSPF packets are sent to control cards. This issue is present for unicast packets as well as multicast packets. This can result in a reset of the control cards on the platform, leading to a loss of availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

This vulnerability only applies when OSPF is configured on the LAN interface. This is not the default setting.

Solution

Upgrade to the software versions released and detailed by the vendor, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Cisco Systems, Inc.	Optical Networking System	15310-CL Series
		15327 Series
		15454 MSPP
		15454 MSTP
		15600 Series

References

Security Tracker: 1015872
Secunia Advisory ID: 19553
CVE ID: 2006-1671 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 24434 24435 24436 24438
Keyword: CSCsc54558
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0116.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060405-ons.shtml

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-04-07 | Disagree?

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