CVE-2008-1749 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in Cisco Content Switching Modules by sending crafted TCP segments.
- 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-2008-1749?
CVE-2008-1749 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in Cisco Content Switching Module (CSM) 4.2(3) up to 4.2(8) and Cisco Content Switching Module with SSL (CSM-S) 2.1(2) up to 2.1(7) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via TCP segments with an unspecified combination of TCP flags.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1749?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Cisco Content Switching Module, Cisco Cisco Content Switching Module Ssl.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1749?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1749 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-2008-1749 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1749 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x76p-642h-cfgv.