CVE-2004-0551

N/A Unknown
Published: August 06, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245190
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245190
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16370
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
71th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

cisco