[AusNOG] Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch with Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 7L-E Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team psirt at cisco.com
Thu Sep 27 02:18:34 EST 2012


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Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch with Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 7L-E Denial of Service Vulnerability

Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20120926-ecc

Revision 1.0

For Public Release 2012 September 26 16:00  UTC (GMT)
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Summary
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The Catalyst 4500E series switch with Supervisor Engine 7L-E contains
a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability when processing specially
crafted packets that can cause a reload of the device.

Cisco has released free software updates that address this
vulnerability.

Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are not available.

This advisory is available at the following link:

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120926-ecc 

Note: The September 26, 2012, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory
bundled publication includes 9 Cisco Security Advisories. Eight of the
advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one
advisory addresses a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications
Manager. Each Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory lists the Cisco IOS
Software releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities
detailed in the advisory as well as the Cisco IOS Software releases
that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities in the September
2012 bundled publication.

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semi-Annual
Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the
following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep12.html
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