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CVE-2002-2053 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The design of the Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP), as im)

The design of the Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP), as implemented on Cisco IOS 12.1, when using IRPAS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a router with the same IP address as the interface on which HSRP is running, which causes a loop.

CVE IDCVE-2002-2053
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe design of the Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP), as implemented on Cisco IOS 12.1, when using IRPAS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a router with the same IP address as the interface on which HSRP is running, which causes a loop.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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