CVE-2003-1132 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by forcing DNS servers to cache incorrect AAAA record responses from the vulnerable Cisco switch.
- 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-2003-1132?
CVE-2003-1132 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The DNS server for Cisco Content Service Switch (CSS) 11000 and 11500, when prompted for a nonexistent AAAA record, responds with response code 3 (NXDOMAIN or "Name Error") instead of response code 0 ("No Error"), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (inaccessible domain) by forcing other DNS servers to send and cache a request for a AAAA record to the vulnerable server.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1132?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Content Services Switch 11000, Cisco Content Services Switch 11500.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1132?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1132 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-2003-1132 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1132 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f72v-gxpf-mxwx.