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Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and 7600 Series Routers ACL Bypass Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

CISCO

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

A vulnerability in the ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) share access control list (ACL) functionality of Cisco IOS Software running on Supervisor Engine 720 and Supervisor Engine 32 Modules for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass access control entries (ACEs) in a port access control list (PACL).

Insight

Insight

The vulnerability is due to the improper implementation of PACL logic for ACEs that include a greater than operator, a less than operator, a tcp flag, the established keyword, or the range keyword. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending packets that meet one or more filter criteria through an affected device.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

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