CVE-2008-1151

N/A Unknown
Published: March 27, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Memory leak in the virtual private dial-up network (VPDN) component in Cisco IOS before 12.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of PPTP sessions, related to "dead memory" that remains allocated after process termination, aka bug ID CSCsj58566.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087B.html
Source: psirt@cisco.com
US Government Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/29507
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019714
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28460
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087B.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1006/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41483
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

cisco