Summary
Affected Products
Details
Impact
Software Versions and Fixes
Workarounds
Obtaining Fixed Software
Exploitation and Public Announcements
Status of This Notice: FINAL
Distribution
Revision History
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Three new vulnerabilities are identified in Cisco Broadband Operating System (CBOS), an operating system for the Cisco 600 family of routers. Each vulnerability can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by freezing the customer premises equipment (CPE). All three vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely.
No other Cisco product is vulnerable.
Workarounds are provided for two of the three vulnerabilities. Note that the workarounds provided may not be applicable in all cases. See the Workarounds section for further details.
This advisory is available at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20020523-cbos-dos.shtml.
This section provides details on affected products.
All Cisco DSL CPE devices from the 600 family running CBOS software up to and including 2.4.4 release are vulnerable. The complete list of vulnerable hardware models is: 626, 627, 633, 673, 675, 675e, 676, 677, 677i and 678.
No other Cisco products are currently known to be affected by these vulnerabilities.
This section details the vulnerabilities described in this document.
By repeatedly exploiting these vulnerabilities an attacker can cause a DOS for an indeterminate period of time.
All vulnerabilities are fixed in CBOS version 2.4.5 or later.
This section describes workarounds for the vulnerabilities described in this document.
The filter "0" will allow all DHCP requests from your internal network to the CPE. The filter "1" will allow all DHCP responses from the CPE. In this example, the eth0 interface of the CPE has the IP address of 1.2.3.4. You must substitute this address with the IP address of your eth0 port. This configuration is not the complete workaround since you are still exposed from you LAN side (behind the eth0 interface).cbos# set filter 0 on allow incoming eth0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 protocol udp srcport 68-68 destport 67-67 cbos# set filter 1 on allow outgoing eth0 1.2.3.4 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 protocol udp srcport 67-67 destport 68-68
Note: There is an implicit "deny all" as the last filter so you must include additional "permit" filters to allow a normal traffic flow. If you already have filters configured, you should combine this example with the configured filters and probably change the filter numbers to suit your configuration. Also note that this workaround is not applicable if you must have DHCP enabled on the WAN side.
For information regarding filters, refer to: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/dsl_prod/c600s/cbos/cbos240/03chap02.htm#xtocid365615.Cisco has made free software available to address this vulnerability for affected customers. Prior to deploying software, customers should consult their maintenance provider or check the software for feature set compatibility and known issues specific to their environment.
Customers may only install and expect support for the feature sets they have purchased. By installing, downloading, accessing or otherwise using such software upgrades, customers agree to be bound by the terms of Cisco's software license terms found at http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-license-agreement.html, or as otherwise set forth at Cisco.com Downloads at http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-usingswc.shtml.
Do not contact either "psirt@cisco.com" or "security-alert@cisco.com" for software upgrades.
Customers with contracts should obtain upgraded software through their regular update channels. For most customers, this means that upgrades should be obtained through the Software Center on Cisco's worldwide website at http://www.cisco.com.
Customers whose Cisco products are provided or maintained through prior or existing agreement with third-party support organizations such as Cisco Partners, authorized resellers, or service providers should contact that support organization for guidance and assistance with the appropriate course of action in regards to this advisory.
The effectiveness of any workaround or fix is dependent on specific customer situations such as product mix, network topology, traffic behavior, and organizational mission. Due to the variety of affected products and releases, customers should consult with their service provider or support organization to ensure any applied workaround or fix is the most appropriate for use in the intended network before it is deployed.
Customers who purchase direct from Cisco but who do not hold a Cisco service contract and customers who purchase through third-party vendors but are unsuccessful at obtaining fixed software through their point of sale should get their upgrades by contacting the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC). TAC contacts are as follows.
Have your product serial number available and give the URL of this notice as evidence of your entitlement to a free upgrade. Free upgrades for non-contract customers must be requested through the TAC.
Refer to http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/687/Directory/DirTAC.shtml for additional TAC contact information, including special localized telephone numbers and instructions and e-mail addresses for use in various languages.
These vulnerabilities were reported by Knud Erik Højgaard from Cybercity, Denmark. The exploit code for CSCdv50135 was made public by a third party unrelated to Knud Højgaard in any way. This vulnerability was also publicly discussed.
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This notice will be posted on Cisco's Worldwide Web site at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20020523-cbos-dos.shtml. In addition to Worldwide Web posting, a text version of this notice is clear-signed with the Cisco PSIRT PGP key and is posted to the following e-mail and Usenet news recipients:
Future updates of this notice, if any, will be placed on Cisco's Worldwide Web server, but may or may not be actively announced on mailing lists or newsgroups. Users concerned about this problem are encouraged to check the URL given above for any updates.
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Revision 1.2 |
2002-June-17 |
Updated Software Versions and Fixes section |
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Revision 1.1 |
2002-May-31 |
Updated Affected Products section |
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Revision 1.0 |
2002-May-23 |
Initial public release |
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| Updated: Jun 17, 2002 | Document ID: 23889 |