CVE-2005-4258 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting unspecified Cisco Catalyst Switches. Remote attackers can crash the device by sending a specially crafted IP packet with identical source and destination IPs and ports, and the SYN flag set (a classic LanD attack). This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5_\(10\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst:4.5_\(10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sup2plusCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst:sup2plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sup3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst:sup3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_1200_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_1900_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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