CVE-2004-0244 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a denial of service on Cisco switches with specific modules by sending malformed layer 2 frames.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0244?
CVE-2004-0244 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 18 Mar 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco 6000, 6500, and 7600 series systems with Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 (MSFC2) and a FlexWAN or OSM module allow local users to cause a denial of service (hang or reset) by sending a layer 2 frame packet that encapsulates a layer 3 packet, but has inconsistent length values with that packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0244?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0244?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0244 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-2004-0244 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0244 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-6wx2-xqp3-gggw.