CVE-2006-1670

Public Exploit

Description

Control cards for Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) 15000 series nodes before 20060405 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and possibly card reset) by sending an invalid response when the final ACK is expected, aka bug ID CSCei45910.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.92% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/24434	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015872	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1256	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19553	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17384	exploit vdb entry patch
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060405-ons.shtml	exploit patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25643	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1670?: CVE-2006-1670 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1670?: To fix CVE-2006-1670, 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-2006-1670 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1670 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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