33059 : Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) Crafted HTTPS Traffic DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-02-14	2007-02-14

Keywords

CSCsf29974

Description

Cisco Firewall Services Module contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when specially crafted HTTPS packets are directed to the FWSM it's HTTPS services, and will result in loss of availability for the system.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Workaround, Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Technical

This vulnerability is only present when the HTTPS service is enabled on the FWSM. By default the HTTPS services is disabled.

Solution

Upgrade to FWSM version 3.1(3.18) or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s):

Disable the FWSM HTTPS server via 'no http server enable' or restrict traffic to trusted sources only.

Products

Cisco Systems, Inc.	Firewall Services Module (FWSM)	3.1(1.6)
		3.1(1)
		3.1
		3.1(3)
		3.1(2)
		3.1(3.3)
		3.1(3.18) (not affected)
		3.1(3.11)

References

CVE ID: 2007-0966 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 22561
Secunia Advisory ID: 24172
ISS X-Force ID: 32497 32513
Related OSVDB ID: 33054 33055 33056 33057 33058 33060 33061
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-0609
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0242.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCsf29974 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00807e2481.shtml

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-02-19 | Disagree?

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