CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-5038
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-01-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA does not properly handle IRC traffic during a specific time period after an initial reload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a certain IRC server, related to a "corrupted magic value," aka Bug ID CSCso05336.
Affected configurations
• cisco ios (< 15.0\(1\)xa)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_0/15_0x/15_01_XA/rn800xa.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45764 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64682 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_0/15_0x/15_01_XA/rn800xa.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45764 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64682 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry