CVE-2006-4776 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) feature in Cisco IOS 12.1(19) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long VLAN name in a VTP type 2 summary advertisement.

Published: 2006-09-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 17.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.1\(19\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17272.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21896
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016843
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060913-vtp.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542108
http://www.osvdb.org/28777
http://www.phenoelit.de/stuff/CiscoVTP.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445896/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445938/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19998
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3600
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3601
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28927

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:23:41.091Z

Reserved: 2006-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4776

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-14T00:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4776

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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