CVE-2004-0551 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst switches running CatOS 5.x through 8.x. Remote attackers can crash and reload the system by sending malformed packets during the TCP three-way handshake to Telnet, HTTP, or SSH services. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to achieve a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:2.1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:2.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:2.1\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:2.1\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1\(5\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:2.1\(5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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