CVE-2002-1768 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause CPU exhaustion and denial of service on Cisco IOS devices by sending UDP packets to port 1985 when HSRP is disabled.

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-2002-1768?

CVE-2002-1768 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 21 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS 11.1 through 12.2, when HSRP support is not enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via randomly sized UDP packets to the Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) port 1985.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1768?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1768?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1768 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-2002-1768 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9g8q-h72g-fp7m.

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