Cisco PIX/ASA 7.2 denial of service

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7.1$5k-$25k0.00

A vulnerability was found in Cisco PIX and ASA 7.2 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 7.2(4)9 and 7.2(4)10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted IPv6 packet.

The bug was discovered 10/22/2008. The weakness was published 10/23/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3816 since 08/27/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2019).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (46025). Similar entry is available at 44691.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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08/19/2019 +1616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3816 (🔍)
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X-Force: 46025
SecurityTracker: 1021086
Vulnerability Center: 19837 - [cisco-sa-20081022-asa] Cisco PIX and ASA Security Appliances IPv6 Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 31863 - Cisco PIX and ASA Appliance IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 32391
OSVDB: 49365 - Cisco - PIX and ASA - Appliance IPv6 Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2899

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/19/2019 21:16
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (59), 08/19/2019 21:16 (10)
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