[comm] Cisco SSH holes

Gene Runion grunion at cv3.cv.nrao.edu
Mon Jan 13 16:19:25 EST 2003


I have never enabled ssh, main reason is the older equipment doesn't
support it and you cann't get to the devices from the internet.

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Ruth Milner wrote:

> Is SSH enabled on our Cisco equipment that supports it?
> 
> This hole was found by testing with the same suite (SSHredder) that
> found holes in putty.
> 
> Ruth.
> ---------------
> 
> *** {03.01.012} NetDev - Cisco products SSH reload DoS
> 
> Cisco has released an advisory indicating various Cisco devices running
> IOS versions 12.0S, 12.0ST, 12.1T, 12.1E, 12.2, 12.2T, and 12.2S,
> can be caused remotely to reboot by sending a malformed SSH packet
> to the device, if the SSH service is running. All products running
> the above versions of IOS and using SSH are affected. NOT affected
> are the Cisco Catalyst series running CatOS, VPN3000, PIX firewalls,
> SN5400 series, and NetRanger products.
> 
> Cisco confirmed this vulnerability. Patches are currently in production
> and available from Cisco.
> 
> Source: Cisco
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/cisco/2002-q4/0005.html
> 
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