CVE-2007-5381

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) in Cisco IOS before 12.2(18)SXF11, 12.4(16a), and 12.4(2)T6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by setting a long hostname on the target system, then causing an error message to be printed, as demonstrated by a telnet session to the LPD from a source port other than 515.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 10.3, 10.3(3.3), 10.3(3.4), 10.3(4.2), 10.3(4.3), 10.3(16) (+1423)

References

http://osvdb.org/37935
http://secunia.com/advisories/27169
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00808d72e3.html
http://www.irmplc.com/index.php/155-Advisory-024
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230505
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26001
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018798
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3457
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37046
http://osvdb.org/37935
http://secunia.com/advisories/27169
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00808d72e3.html

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