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Cisco IOS EIGRP Network Denial of Service Vulnerability



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General Info


TC: 11029
Description: EIGRP is an extension protocol of IGRP, a routing protocol used to propagate routing information in internal network environments.

The EIGRP implementation in all versions of IOS is vulnerable to a denial of service if it receives a flood of neighbor announcements.

The issue affects Cisco devices running Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software (IOS) versions 11.3, 12.0(19), 12.1, and 12.2.
TC Impact: Gather Info
Service: snmp



Specific Operations and Actions:


Vulnerability Publication: December 18, 2002
Advisory Copyright: FX from Phenoelit
Summary: A remote attacker can deny access to the network service for your legitimate users.
Risk: High
CVSS 2.0 metrics: Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete
CVSS 2.0 Base Score: 7.8
Vulnerability Impact: Denial of Service
Host Impact: Denial of service.
Nature of Remediation: Change the configuration.
Step required to fix the reported vulnerability:

***** Solution type: Upgrade Software *****

Check with vendor for an upgraded version addressing the issue. See references for more details.

***** Solution type: Deploy Work Arounds *****

Apply MD5 authentication that will permit the receipt of EIGRP packets only from authorized hosts.
See references for more details.



Glossary and References :


References:
* BUGTRAQ: 20021219 Cisco IOS EIGRP Network DoS
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/304034
* BUGTRAQ: 20021219 Re: Cisco IOS EIGRP Network DoS
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/304044
* CISCO: 20021220 Cisco's Response to the EIGRP Issue
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_security_notice09186a008011c5e1.html
* FULLDISC: 20051219 Unauthenticated EIGRP DoS
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040330.html
* FULLDISC: 20051220 RE: Authenticated EIGRP DoS / Information leak
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=113504451523186&w=2
* BUGTRAQ: 20051220 Re: Unauthenticated EIGRP DoS
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419898/100/0/threaded
* CONFIRM:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/eigrp_issue.pdf
* BID: 6443
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6443
* OSVDB: 18055
http://www.osvdb.org/18055
* SECTRACK: 1005840
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005840
* SECUNIA: 7766
http://secunia.com/advisories/7766
* XF: cisco-ios-eigrp-dos(10903)
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10903

CVE Link: CVE-2002-2208
CVE Compatible

Glossary: CISCO
Denial of Service


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