CVE-2005-4437 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2005-4437

MD5 Neighbor Authentication in Extended Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)...

Vulnerability Description

MD5 Neighbor Authentication in Extended Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) 1.2, as implemented in Cisco IOS 11.3 and later, does not include the Message Authentication Code (MAC) in the checksum, which allows remote attackers to sniff message hashes and (1) replay EIGRP HELLO messages or (2) cause a denial of service by sending a large number of spoofed EIGRP neighbor announcements, which results in an ARP storm on the local network.

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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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

extended interior gateway routing protocol

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Affected Software

extended interior gateway routing protocol
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: December 21st, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.