CVE-2001-1097 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco IOS devices by flooding UDP packets, affecting network availability.

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-2001-1097?

CVE-2001-1097 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 15 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco routers and switches running IOS 12.0 through 12.2.1 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a flood of UDP packets.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1097?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1097 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-2001-1097 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1097 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-37wx-px9v-xhhf.

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