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CVE-2004-1464

Cisco IOS Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

KEVMEDIUM 5.9EPSS 4.84%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 June 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2(15) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused VTY (virtual terminal) connections), via a crafted TCP connection to the Telnet or reverse Telnet port.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
4.84% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 19 May 2023 · due 9 June 2023
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
cisco/ios
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20040827-telnet; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1464

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.