CVE-2002-2315 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS routers by exhausting memory via spoofed ICMP redirect packets.
- 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-2002-2315?
CVE-2002-2315 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 26 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS 11.2.x and 12.0.x does not limit the size of its redirect table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via spoofed ICMP redirect packets to the router.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2315?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2315?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2315 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-2002-2315 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2315 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-vpg6-mh5w-vr83.