National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3798
Original release date:09/26/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Cisco IOS 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a normal, properly formed SSL packet that occurs during termination of an SSL session.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CISCO
Name: 20080924 Vulnerability in Cisco IOS While Processing SSL Packet
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2670
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31990
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6087