>> Cisco Content Services Switch HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Cisco Content Services Switch HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1257 CVE ID : CVE-2006-1631
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-04-06
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Cisco CSS 11500 Series Content Services Switches, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the HTTP compression functionality that does not properly handle specially crafted HTTP requests, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a vulnerable to reload, creating a denial of service condition.
