CVE-2002-2239 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Optical Service Modules (OSM) on Catalyst 6500 and 7600 series switches running specific Cisco IOS versions. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted malformed packet, causing the device to hang. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a critical impact on availability with low attack complexity. There is no known public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.1eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.