CVE-2004-0551
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cisco CatOS 5.x before 5.5(20) through 8.x before 8.2(2) and 8.3(2)GLX, as used in Catalyst switches, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash and reload) by sending invalid packets instead of the final ACK portion of the three-way handshake to the (1) Telnet, (2) HTTP, or (3) SSH services, aka "TCP-ACK DoS attack."
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affected products (239)
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references (6)
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- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040609-catos.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245190enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16370enisa_euvd
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040609-catos.shtmlnvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245190Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16370nvd
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