Release date:
Updated on:
Affected Systems:
Cisco IOS 1.22 (33) SXH3-12.3-7-JA2
Unaffected system:
Cisco IOS 15.0 (1) XA1
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 45764
Cve id: CVE-2009-5038
Cisco IOS is an Internet operating system used on a Cisco network device.
Cisco IOS has a remote denial of service vulnerability. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
When some Cisco routers access irc.freenode.net within 36 hours after restart, the routers will be restarted due to memory corruption of the Chunk in use.
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:
Cisco
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:
Http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/advisory.html