CVE-2006-4776

N/A Unknown

Published: September 14, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) feature in Cisco IOS 12.1(19) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long VLAN name in a VTP type 2 summary advertisement.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21896

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016843

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060913-vtp.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/542108

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.osvdb.org/28777

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.phenoelit.de/stuff/CiscoVTP.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445896/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445938/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19998

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3600

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3601

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28927

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/21896