ID

VAR-200702-0314

CVE

CVE-2007-0918

TITLE

Cisco IOS of IPS Service disruption in functionality (DoS) Vulnerabilities

DESCRIPTION

The ATOMIC.TCP signature engine in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) feature for Cisco IOS 12.4XA, 12.3YA, 12.3T, and other trains allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPS crash and traffic loss) via unspecified manipulations that are not properly handled by the regular expression feature, as demonstrated using the 3123.0 (Netbus Pro Traffic) signature. Cisco IOS is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability and a denial-of-service vulnerability. An attacker could exploit the security-bypass issue to send malicious data to computers that would otherwise be protected by signature inspection. An attacker could exploit the denial-of-service vulnerability to crash affected devices, denying service to legitimate users. Cisco IOS is the operating system used by Cisco networking devices, and Cisco IOS Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a built-in deep packet inspection feature that allows Cisco IOS software to mitigate network attacks. Several vulnerabilities exist in the IOS IPS function, and only IOS images that include the IPS function are affected by these vulnerabilities. Fragmented packet evasion detection vulnerability + -------------------------------------- Some IPS features use regular expression. All IP protocols (such as TCP, UDP, ICMP) are affected by this vulnerability. ATOMIC.TCP Regular Expression Denial of Service Vulnerability+------------------------------------------- -------------------- Certain network communications may trigger IPS signatures using the regular expression capabilities of the ATOMIC.TCP signature engine, resulting in denial of service and interruption of network communications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cisco IOS IPS Security Bypass and Denial of Service SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA24142 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/24142/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Security Bypass, DoS WHERE: >From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Cisco IOS R12.x http://secunia.com/product/50/ Cisco IOS 12.x http://secunia.com/product/182/ DESCRIPTION: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 1) Cisco IOS IPS signatures using regular expressions may not correctly identify malicious traffic within fragmented IP packets. This can be exploited to bypass the detection mechanism by sending specially crafted, fragmented IP packets. 2) An error exists within the ATOMIC.TCP scanning mechanism and signatures, which use regular expressions (e.g. Signature 3123.0 for Netbus Pro Traffic). This can be exploited to crash a device by producing specially crafted network traffic. SOLUTION: See the vendor advisory for a patch matrix and workarounds. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070213-iosips.shtml http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00807e0a5e.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

input validation error

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2025-04-10T23:16:51.547000+00:00

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