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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco ASA up to 9.1.1.4 (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown functionality of the component x509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices, when SMP is used, do not properly process X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a large volume of (1) SSL or (2) TLS traffic, aka Bug ID CSCuh19462.
The weakness was shared 09/06/2013 as CVE-2013-3458 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-3458 since 05/06/2013. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72509 (Cisco ASA Certificate Processing Denial of Service (CSCuh19462)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (86913) and Tenable (72509).
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Nessus ID: 72509
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA Certificate Processing Denial of Service (CSCuh19462)
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: CVE-2013-3458
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2013-3458 (🔍)
X-Force: 86913
Vulnerability Center: 41646 - Cisco ASA 9.0, 9.1 for SMP Remote DoS via Certificate Processing, High
SecurityFocus: 62251
Secunia: 54659 - Cisco ASA Software Certificate Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 97038
Entry
Created: 09/10/2013 11:24Updated: 05/24/2021 09:05
Changes: 09/10/2013 11:24 (70), 05/12/2017 08:55 (1), 05/24/2021 09:05 (3)
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Committer: olku
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