CVE-2001-0895 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on local networks by sending crafted ARP packets to overwrite router MAC addresses.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0895?
CVE-2001-0895 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple Cisco networking products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service on the local network via a series of ARP packets sent to the router's interface that contains a different MAC address for the router, which eventually causes the router to overwrite the MAC address in its ARP table.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0895?
It affects 11 products.
Products include Cisco Catalyst 2900xl, Cisco Catalyst 2948g-L3, Cisco Catalyst 2950, Cisco Catalyst 3500xl, Cisco Catalyst 3550, Cisco Catalyst 4000 and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0895?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0895 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-0895 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0895 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-57pf-4wmq-w5w3.