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CVE-2001-0041

Memory leak in Cisco Catalyst 4000, 5000, and 6000 series switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of failed telnet authentication attempts.

Published

2001-02-16T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(8\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(9\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(1\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(1a\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(2\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(3\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(4\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(5\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(5a\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.3\(6\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(4a\) Yes
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