CVE-2001-0895

Description

Multiple Cisco networking products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service on the local network via a series of ARP packets sent to the router's interface that contains a different MAC address for the router, which eventually causes the router to overwrite the MAC address in its ARP table.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.88% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/399355	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/IOS-arp-overwrite-vuln-pub.shtml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/807	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3547	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7547	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-0895?: CVE-2001-0895 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-0895?: To fix CVE-2001-0895, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-0895 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2001-0895 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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