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RIP poisoning
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Workaround
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
It was possible to poison the remote host routing tables through the RIP protocol.
Solution
Solution
Use RIP-2 and implement authentication, or use another routing protocol, or disable the RIP listener if you don't need it.