Reported June 16, 2004, by Cisco
VERSIONS AFFECTED
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DESCRIPTION
A Cisco Systems' device running Internetwork Operating System (IOS) and enabled
for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS)
attack from a malformed BGP packet. By sending a malformed BGP packet to the
device, a potential attacker could cause the device to reload.
VENDOR RESPONSE
Cisco Systems has released
Security Advisory 50321, "Cisco IOS Malformed BGP Packet Causes
Reload" to address this vulnerability and recommends that affected users
immediately apply the appropriate patch listed in the bulletin.
CREDIT
Discovered by Cisco Systems.
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