Network Exposure Exploit in Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 Devices

CVE-2007-5134

Summary

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 series devices have a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to exploit the use of 127/8 IP addresses for Ethernet Out-of-Band Channel (EOBC) internal communication. This misconfiguration may lead to unintended network exposure, enabling attackers to send packets to interfaces that were not intended for external access. This flaw poses a risk to the security and integrity of the affected networks.

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