CVE-2001-1064 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco 600 series routers by exhausting HTTP or telnet connections, rendering the device unresponsive.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2001-1064?

CVE-2001-1064 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco 600 series routers running CBOS 2.0.1 through 2.4.2ap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple connections to the router on the (1) HTTP or (2) telnet service, which causes the router to become unresponsive and stop forwarding packets.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1064?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Cbos.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1064?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1064 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-2001-1064 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1064 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3f6g-q6j8-gjpg.

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