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Status published
High
CVE-2008-2739
The SERVICE.DNS signature engine in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)...
Vulnerability Description
The SERVICE.DNS signature engine in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in Cisco IOS 12.3 and 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash or hang) via network traffic that triggers unspecified IPS signatures, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.
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
cisco
View all reports →Affected Software
ios
Vulnerable Versions:
12.3t, 12.3xl, 12.3xq, 12.3xr, 12.3xs, 12.3xx, 12.3ya, 12.3yd, 12.3yg, 12.3yh, 12.3yi, 12.3yk, 12.3ys, 12.3yt, 12.3za, 12.4xa, 12.4xc, 12.4xe, 12.4xf, 12.4xj, 12.4xk, 12.4xt, 12.4xv
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 26th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 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.