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Status published
Medium
CVE-2003-1001
Buffer overflow in the Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) in...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 7600 series devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reload) via HTTP auth requests for (1) TACACS+ or (2) RADIUS authentication.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
catalyst 6500, catalyst 6500 ws-svc-nam-1, catalyst 6500 ws-svc-nam-2, catalyst 6500 ws-x6380-nam, catalyst 7600 ws-svc-nam-1, catalyst 7600 ws-svc-nam-2, catalyst 7600 ws-x6380-nam, firewall services module, catos
Vulnerable Versions:
2.2\(1a\), 3.1\(1a\), 2.1\(2\), 1.1.2, 5.4\(1\), 7.5\(1\), 7.6\(1\)
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 17th, 2003
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.