full-disclosure - rumours of new Cisco IOS vulnerability

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

From: chrismcc at pricegrabber.com (Christopher McCrory)
Subject: rumours of new Cisco IOS vulnerability

Hello...

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 14:45, Blue Boar wrote:
> Len Rose wrote:
> > According to what I've been reading it's a remotely
> > exploitable denial of service situation, based on
> > specially crafted packets designed to fill up the
> > "process switched" input queues on an interface.
> 
> That generally means packets with a destination address of one of the 
> router's own interfaces.  If there's some mystery exploit out there, one 
> workaround would be to firewall the router's own IP address(es).  This 
> would still allow the router to perform its routing function for other IPs.
> 

Based on the discussion on other lists,  all major ISPs have issued
"emergency update" notices.  Presumably, they already have vty ACLs in
place, yet they are updating anyway. 

YMMV

<stolen from yet another list>
Apparently a teacher has been arrested in the UK in possession of
compasses, protractors, and straight edge rulers. It is claimed he is a
member of the Al Gebra movement bearing weapons of math instruction.

-- 
Christopher McCrory
 "The guy that keeps the servers running"

chrismcc@...cegrabber.com
 http://www.pricegrabber.com

Let's face it, there's no Hollow Earth, no robots, and
no 'mute rays.' And even if there were, waxed paper is
no defense.  I tried it.  Only tinfoil works.