CVE-2005-4258
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 80th percentile. No fix published yet.
What to do
No fixed build or workaround is published yet. Limit exposure and watch for a patch.
What it is
From the CVE record
Unspecified Cisco Catalyst Switches allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via an IP packet with the same source and destination IPs and ports, and with the SYN flag set (aka LanD). NOTE: the provenance of this issue is unknown; the details are obtained solely from the BID.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
2.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 80th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
3 events over 7427 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Record updated
- Publishedweakness classified
Affected products
- catalystNetworking Infrastructure
- catalyst 1200 seriesNetworking Infrastructure
- catalyst 1900 seriesNetworking Infrastructure
- catalyst 2800 seriesNetworking Infrastructure
- catalyst 2820Networking Infrastructure
- catalyst 2900Networking Infrastructure
- catalyst 2901Networking Infrastructure
- catalyst 2902Networking Infrastructure
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Technical detail
CVSS 2.0 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Scored 7.8 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
- Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
- Authentication NoneNo authentication required
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource
Weaknesses
Sources
References in the record
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