CVE-2007-3923 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco WAAS appliances with Edge Services enabled by flooding TCP SYN packets to ports 139 or 445.
- 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-2007-3923?
CVE-2007-3923 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Common Internet File System (CIFS) optimization in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 4.0.7 and 4.0.9, as used by Cisco WAE appliance and the NM-WAE-502 network module, when Edge Services are configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of service) via a flood of TCP SYN packets to port (1) 139 or (2) 445.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3923?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Wide Area Application Services.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3923?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3923 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-2007-3923 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3923 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fv75-9f4p-j7c2.