---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cisco PIX SIP Inspection Denial of Service SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA24179 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/24179/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: DoS WHERE: >From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Cisco PIX 6.x http://secunia.com/product/56/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Cisco PIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or bypass certain security restrictions. 1) An unspecified vulnerability within the SIP packet inspection can be exploited to crash a device by sending specially crafted SIP packets. 2) An unspecified vulnerability when manipulating ACLs (Access Control Lists) that makes use of object groups can be exploited to corrupt ACLs, resulting in ACE (Access Control Entries) being skipped or not evaluated in order. Successful exploitation requires that "SIP fixup" is enabled, which is the default setting. SOLUTION: Update to version 6.3(5.115). PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070214-pix.shtml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------