CVE-2004-1464

Cisco IOS 12.2(15) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused VTY (virtual terminal) connections), via a crafted TCP connection to the Telnet or reverse Telnet port.

CVSS v3 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/12395/	Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011079	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040827-telnet.shtml	Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384230	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11060	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17131	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/12395/	Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011079	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040827-telnet.shtml	Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384230	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11060	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17131	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 Jul 2025, 03:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

Information

Published : 2004-12-31 05:00

Updated : 2025-07-30 03:15

NVD link : CVE-2004-1464

Mitre link : CVE-2004-1464

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-1464

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cisco

ios

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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