CVE-2002-2208

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Extended Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), as implemented in Cisco IOS 11.3 through 12.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flood) by sending a large number of spoofed EIGRP neighbor announcements, which results in an ARP storm on the local network.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2
Extended Interior Gateway Routing Protocol: 1.2

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040330.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113504451523186&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/7766
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005840
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_security_notice09186a008011c5e1.html
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/eigrp_issue.pdf
http://www.osvdb.org/18055
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/304034
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/304044
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419898/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6443
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10903

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