Vulnerability in Cisco Cbos

CVE-2002-0886

Cisco DSL CPE devices running CBOS 2.4.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or memory consumption) via (1) a large packet to the DHCP port, (2) a large packet to the Telnet port, or (3) a flood of large packets to the CPE, which causes the TCP/IP stack to consume large amounts of memory.

EPSS: 0.054 (91.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Cisco Cbos — versions 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.0a
  • N/a — versions n/a

References