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CVE-2005-4258· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Unspecified Cisco Catalyst Switches allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via an IP packet with the same source

Unspecified Cisco Catalyst Switches allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via an IP packet with the same source and destination IPs and ports, and with the SYN flag set (aka LanD). NOTE: the provenance of this issue is unknown; the details are obtained solely from the BID.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 15, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.1% · 80th percentile
CWE
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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ciscocatalyst
ciscocatalyst 1200 series
ciscocatalyst 1900 series
ciscocatalyst 2800 series
ciscocatalyst 2820
ciscocatalyst 2900
ciscocatalyst 2901
ciscocatalyst 2902
ciscocatalyst 2920
ciscocatalyst 2926
ciscocatalyst 2926f
ciscocatalyst 2926gl

and 59 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • cisco catalyst4.5_(10)
  • cisco catalystsup2plus
  • cisco catalystsup3
  • cisco catalyst 1200 seriesall versions
  • cisco catalyst 1900 seriesall versions
  • cisco catalyst 1900 series9.0_0.07
  • cisco catalyst 2800 seriesall versions
  • cisco catalyst 2820all versions
  • cisco catalyst 28209.0_0.07
  • cisco catalyst 2900all versions
  • cisco catalyst 2900lre_xl
  • cisco catalyst 2900xl
  • cisco catalyst 2901all versions
  • cisco catalyst 2902all versions
  • cisco catalyst 2920all versions
  • cisco catalyst 2926all versions
  • cisco catalyst 2926fall versions
  • cisco catalyst 2926glall versions
  • cisco catalyst 2926gsall versions
  • cisco catalyst 2926tall versions

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    31Monitor
  • CVE-2005-1942Cisco switches that support 802.1x security allow remote attackers to bypass port security and gain access to the VLAN via spoofed Cisco Dis
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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