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CVE-2004-0551


Cisco CatOS 5.x before 5.5(20) through 8.x before 8.2(2) and 8.3(2)GLX, as used in Catalyst switches, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash and reload) by sending invalid packets instead of the final ACK portion of the three-way handshake to the (1) Telnet, (2) HTTP, or (3) SSH services, aka "TCP-ACK DoS attack."


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2004-0551 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 24 products from cisco, from cisco, from cisco and 21 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2004, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.


Published

2004-08-06T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(8\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(9\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(10\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(11\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.1\(12\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.2\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.3\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.4\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.4\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.4\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.4\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.4\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 2.4\(5a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.0\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.1\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(1b\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 3.2\(8\)gdr Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.1\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.2\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.3\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.4\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(1\) Yes
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\(6a\) 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 4.5\(10\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(11\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(12\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(12a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(13\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(13a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(14\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(1\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(1a\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.1\(2b\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(1\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(2\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(3\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.2\(3a\)csx 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 5.2\(7a\) 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 5.3\(6a\)csx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(1\)deferred Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.4\(4a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(1a\) 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
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(4b\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(6a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(7a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(8\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(8a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(8a\)cv Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(9\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(10\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(10a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(11\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(11a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(12\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(12a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(13\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(13.5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(13a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(14\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(15\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(16\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(16.2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(17\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(18\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(19\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1b\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1c\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1d\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1e\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(3a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(4b\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(3a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(3\)x Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(3\)x1 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(3a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(4a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(5.10\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(8\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(8.3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(9\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(10\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(4a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.4\(8\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.1\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.1\(2a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.2\(0.65\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.2\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.3 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.3\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.3\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.4 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.4\(0.2\)clr Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.4\(0.63\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.4\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.4\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.4\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.5 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.5\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.6 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.6\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.6\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.6\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.6\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.6\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 8.1 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 8.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 8.1\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 8.2 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 8.2\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 8.3\(1\)glx Yes
Operating System cisco catos 8.3glx Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2901 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2902 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2926 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2926f * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2926gl * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2926gs * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2926t * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2948 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2948-ge-tx * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2948g-l3 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2980g * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_2980g-a * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_4000 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_4500 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_4503 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_4506 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_4507r * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_4510r * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_4912g * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_5000 * Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-1 2.2\(1a\) Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-1 3.1\(1a\) Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2 2.2\(1a\) Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_6000_ws-svc-nam-2 3.1\(1a\) Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_6000_ws-x6380-nam 2.1\(2\) Yes
Hardware cisco catalyst_6000_ws-x6380-nam 3.1\(1a\) Yes
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\(4b\) 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 4.5\(10\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(11\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(12\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5\(13a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 4.5.10 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
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(4b\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(6\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(7\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 5.5\(13\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1a\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1b\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(1c\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(2.13\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.1\(3\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(0.110\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.2\(0.111\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(0.7\)pan Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(4\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 6.3\(5\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.1 Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.1\(2\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.5\(1\) Yes
Operating System cisco catos 7.6\(1\) Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For cisco's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.