CVE-2008-4963 (GCVE-0-2008-4963)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-06 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) implementation on Cisco IOS and CatOS, when the VTP operating mode is not transparent, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload or hang) via a crafted VTP packet sent to a switch interface configured as a trunk port.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32573 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_secu… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021143 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021144 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/49601 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2008-11-05 00:00
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