CVE-2008-1151 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco IOS via PPTP sessions due to a memory leak in the VPDN component.
- 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-2008-1151?
CVE-2008-1151 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 27 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the virtual private dial-up network (VPDN) component in Cisco IOS before 12.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of PPTP sessions, related to "dead memory" that remains allocated after process termination, aka bug ID CSCsj58566.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1151?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1151?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1151 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-2008-1151 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1151 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5247-6v69-x2p9.