CVE-2010-0578 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS routers by sending malformed IKE packets, requiring vendor patches.

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-2010-0578?

CVE-2010-0578 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 25 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IKE implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 on Cisco 7200 and 7301 routers with VAM2+ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed IKE packet, aka Bug ID CSCtb13491.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0578?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0578?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0578 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-2010-0578 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0578 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-m286-23j4-m2p5.

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