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TITLE:
Cisco IOS SSH Server Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30322

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30322/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Cisco IOS R12.x
http://secunia.com/product/50/
Cisco IOS 12.x
http://secunia.com/product/182/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the
SSH server implementation in Cisco IOS. These can be exploited to
generate a spurious memory access or to reload the device.

Successful exploitation requires that the SSH server is enabled (not
enabled by default).

The vulnerabilities are reported in certain 12.4-based IOS releases.

NOTE: IOS releases prior to 12.4(7), 12.4(13d)JA, and 12.4(9)T are
reportedly not affected by this vulnerability.

SOLUTION:
Update to a fixed version (please see the vendor's advisory for
details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080521-ssh.shtml

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