CVE-2003-1001 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) affecting Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 7600 series devices. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, causing the device to crash and reload, by sending specially crafted HTTP authentication requests for TACACS+ or RADIUS. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, only availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, and community discussion is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-1:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2:2.2\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500_ws-svc-nam-2:3.1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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