CVE-2007-5381
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Memory corruption
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) in Cisco IOS before 12.2(18)SXF11, 12.4(16a), and 12.4(2)T6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by setting a long hostname on the target system, then causing an error message to be printed, as demonstrated by a telnet session to the LPD from a source port other than 515.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)15%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27169Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/37935
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00808d72e3.html
- http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/155-Advisory-024
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230505
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018798
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26001Exploit