Re: Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Software SSL VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability

["Justin M. Streiner" <streiner () cluebyfour org>]

These also get posted to other mailing lists, such as cisco-nsp.

jms

On Wed, 26 Mar 2014, rwebb () ropeguru com wrote:

> Thanks everyone for the replies. I guess since they are done so infrequently, 
> I was not a list member the last go around.
>
> Robert
>
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:58:44 -0400
>  Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com> wrote:
> >  Robert
> >
> >  Perfectly normal, almost an announce list for issues like this.
> >
> >  On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:45 PM, rwebb () ropeguru com 
> > <rwebb () ropeguru com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Is this normal for the list to diretly get Cisco security advisories or
> > >  something new. First time I have seen these.
> > > 
> > >  Robert
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:10:00 -0400
> > >   Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team <psirt () cisco com>
> > >  wrote:
> > > > 
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> > > >  Cisco IOS Software SSL VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability
> > > > 
> > > >  Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20140326-ios-sslvpn
> > > > 
> > > >  Revision 1.0
> > > > 
> > > >  For Public Release 2014 March 26 16:00  UTC (GMT)
> > > > 
> > > >  Summary
> > > >  =======
> > > > 
> > > > A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN subsystem of 
> > > > Cisco
> > > > IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a
> > > >  denial of service (DoS) condition.
> > > > 
> > > > The vulnerability is due to a failure to process certain types of HTTP
> > > > requests. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could submit 
> > > > crafted
> > > > requests designed to consume memory to an affected device. An exploit 
> > > > could
> > > > allow the attacker to consume and fragment memory on the affected 
> > > > device.
> > > > This may cause reduced performance, a failure of certain processes, or 
> > > > a
> > > >  restart of the affected device.
> > > > 
> > > > Cisco has released free software updates that address this 
> > > > vulnerability.
> > > >  There are no workarounds to mitigate this vulnerability.
> > > > 
> > > >  This advisory is available at the following link:
> > > > 
> > > >  http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140326-ios-sslvpn
> > > > 
> > > > Note: The March 26, 2014, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled
> > > > publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. All advisories 
> > > > address
> > > > vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software. Each Cisco IOS Software Security
> > > >  Advisory lists the Cisco IOS Software releases that correct the
> > > >  vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory as well as 
> > > > the
> > > >  Cisco IOS Software releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software
> > > >  vulnerabilities in the March 2014 bundled publication.
> > > > 
> > > > Individual publication links are in Cisco Event Response: Semiannual 
> > > > Cisco
> > > > IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication at the following 
> > > > link:
> > > > 
> > > >  http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_mar14.html
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> >  -- 
> > ~  Andrew "lathama" Latham lathama () gmail com http://lathama.net ~