CVE-2008-3798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2008-09-26

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.3% 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4mr:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3784	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01255.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31990
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a0146c.shtml
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6087

History

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Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2008-09-26T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:52:59.927Z

Reserved: 2008-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3798

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-26T16:21:44.017

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

Link: CVE-2008-3798

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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