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CVE-2005-0598

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-02-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The RealServer RealSubscriber on Cisco devices running Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) 5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed packets.

Affected products

• Cisco Application And Content Networking Software: (acns), 4.0.3, 4.1.1, 4.1.3, 4.2, 4.2.9 (+6)
• Cisco Content Delivery Manager: 4630, 4650
• Cisco Content Distribution Manager 4630: 4.0, 4.1
• Cisco Content Distribution Manager 4650: 4.0, 4.1
• Cisco Content Distribution Manager 4670: all versions
• Cisco Content Engine: 507, 507_2.2_.0, 507_3.1, 507_4.0, 507_4.1, 510 (+17)
• Cisco Content Engine Module For Cisco Router: 2600_series, 2800_series, 3600_series, 3700_series, 3800_series
• Cisco Content Router 4430: all versions
• Cisco Content Router 4450: all versions
• Cisco Enterprise Content Delivery Network Software: 4.0, 4.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14395
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050224-acnsdos.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/579240
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12648
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19469
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14395
• http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050224-acnsdos.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/579240
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12648
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19469

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