CVE-2004-0710 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Cisco Catalyst switches and routers by sending malformed IKE packets, causing a denial of service.

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-2004-0710?

CVE-2004-0710 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 21 Jul 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IP Security VPN Services Module (VPNSM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and the Cisco 7600 Series Internet Routers running IOS before 12.2(17b)SXA, before 12.2(17d)SXB, or before 12.2(14)SY03 could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash and reload) via a malformed Internet Key Exchange (IKE) packet.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0710?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0710?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0710 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-2004-0710 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0710 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mj8m-9w7q-7979.

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