CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2841

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and/or Telnet Sessions in Cisco IOS versions 12.2ZH, 12.2ZL, 12.3, 12.3T, 12.4, and 12.4T. A remote attacker can exploit crafted user authentication credentials to cause a denial of service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization includes potential disruption of network services and possible takeover of the Cisco device, leading to breaches of data confidentiality and integrity.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade Cisco IOS to a version without this vulnerability and implement network traffic filters to restrict access to proxy authentication services.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and/or Telnet Sessions for Cisco IOS 12.2ZH and 12.2ZL, 12.3 and 12.3T, and 12.4 and 12.4T allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted user authentication credentials.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS