CVE-2008-2171 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in AlaxalA AX routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped session) via crafted BGP UPDATE messages, leading to route flapping, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-6372.

Published: 2008-05-13

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:alaxala:ax_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2168	Unspecified vulnerability in AlaxalA AX routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped session) via crafted BGP UPDATE messages, leading to route flapping, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-6372.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03223.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30054
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929656
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MIMG-79UV2A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28999
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1407/references

History

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Subscriptions

Alaxala Ax Router

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-13T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:58.490Z

Reserved: 2008-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2171

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-13T22:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2171

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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