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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-4650

Cisco IOS 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2, when GRE IP tunneling is used and the RFC2784 compliance fixes are missing, does not verify the offset field of a GRE packet during decapsulation, which leads to an integer overflow that references data from incorrect…

LOW 2.6EPSS 3.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Cisco IOS 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2, when GRE IP tunneling is used and the RFC2784 compliance fixes are missing, does not verify the offset field of a GRE packet during decapsulation, which leads to an integer overflow that references data from incorrect memory locations, which allows remote attackers to inject crafted packets into the routing queue, possibly bypassing intended router ACLs.

CVSS 2.0
2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.17% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
cisco/ios
Source
cve@mitre.org

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