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CVE-2011-2738: Cisco Unified Service Monitor: Buffer overflow

CVE-2011-2738 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Cisco Unified Service Monitor. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Service Monitor before 8.6, as used in Unified Operations Manager before 8.6 and CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution 3.x and 4.x before 4.1; and multiple EMC Ionix products including Application Connectivity Monitor (Ionix ACM) 2.3 and earlier, Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS (Ionix ASAM) 3.2.0.2 and earlier, IP Management Suite (Ionix IP) 8.1.1.1 and earlier, and other Ionix products; allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets to TCP port 9002, aka Bug IDs CSCtn42961 and CSCtn64922, related to a buffer overflow.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Cisco Unified Service Monitor: up to and including 8.5; 1.1; 2.0; 2.0.1; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 8.0
  • Ciscoworks Lan Management Solution: 3.0; 3.0 december_2007; 3.1; 3.2; 4.0; 4.0.1
  • Cisco Unified Operations Manager: up to and including 8.5; 1.0; 1.1; 2.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 8.0
  • Emc Ionix Acm: up to and including 2.3
  • Emc Ionix Asam: up to and including 3.2.0.2
  • Emc Ionix IP: up to and including 8.1.1.1

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