CVE-2007-4285 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause router crashes or leak packet data via crafted IPv6 packets, affecting Cisco IOS devices.
- 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-2007-4285?
CVE-2007-4285 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 9 Aug 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XR 12.x up to 12.3, including some versions before 12.3(15) and 12.3(14)T, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (partial packet contents) or cause a denial of service (router or component crash) via crafted IPv6 packets with a Type 0 routing header.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4285?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4285?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4285 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-2007-4285 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2rv-3vgv-5r78.