CVE-2008-1151 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the Virtual Private Dial-up Network (VPDN) component of Cisco IOS, affecting versions prior to 12.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by initiating a series of PPTP sessions, leading to memory exhaustion due to "dead memory" not being properly deallocated. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring medium attack complexity and resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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