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- CA-93:07 CERT Advisory
- April 22, 1993
- Cisco Router Packet Handling Vulnerability
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-
- The CERT Coordination Center has received information indicating that under
- some circumstances Cisco routers will pass IP source routed packets which
- should have been denied. Routers which do not use the "no ip source-route"
- command are not affected. This vulnerability applies to all models of Cisco
- routers. This problem occurs with the following releases of software: 8.2,
- 8.3, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.17.
-
- Cisco Systems and CERT recommend that sites using Cisco routers to provide
- firewall protection take action to eliminate this vulnerability from their
- networks.
-
- This security issue is fixed in Cisco software releases 8.3(7.2), 9.0(5),
- 9.1(4) 9.17(2.1) and in all later releases. Customers who are using software
- release 8.2 must upgrade to a later release and should contact Cisco's
- Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at 800-553-2447 (Internet: tac@cisco.com)
- for more information.
-
- Cisco recommends that customers whose routers may be affected by this
- vulnerability upgrade their software to the following versions:
-
- Release (Update)
- 8.3 (8)
- 9.0 (5)
- 9.1 (4)
- 9.17 (3)
-
- These releases are available on Cisco's Customer Information On-Line (CIO)
- service for those customers having a maintenance contract. Other customers
- may obtain these releases through Cisco's Technical Assistance Center or
- by contacting their local Cisco distributor.
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- I. Description
-
- A vulnerability exists in Cisco routers such that a router which
- is configured to suppress source routed packets with the following
- command:
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- no ip source-route
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- may allow traffic which should be suppressed.
-
- II. Impact
-
- This vulnerability can allow unauthorized traffic to pass through
- the router/gateway.
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- III. Solution
-
- Cisco recommends that affected customers upgrade to a later version.
- Customers who cannot upgrade immediately may be able use access lists
- to prevent unauthorized traffic.
-
- Customers who have questions should contact the Cisco Technical
- Assistance Center at 800-553-2447 for assistance. Internet:
- tac@cisco.com
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- The CERT Coordination Center wishes to thank Cisco Systems for responding
- to this problem.
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- If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact the CERT
- Coordination Center or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident
- Response and Security Teams).
-
- Internet E-mail: cert@cert.org
- Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
- CERT personnel answer 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
- and are on call for emergencies during other hours.
-
- CERT Coordination Center
- Software Engineering Institute
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
-
- Past advisories, information about FIRST representatives, and other
- information related to computer security are available for anonymous FTP
- from cert.org (192.88.209.5).
-
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