Cisco PIX 7.0/7.1/7.2/8.0/8.1 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco PIX 7.0/7.1/7.2/8.0/8.1 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series devices 7.0 before 7.0(8)6, 7.1 before 7.1(2)82, 7.2 before 7.2(4)26, 8.0 before 8.0(4)24, and 8.1 before 8.1(2)14, when H.323 inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted H.323 packet.

The bug was discovered 04/08/2009. The weakness was published 04/08/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1158 since 03/26/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 8.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (49722). Similar entries are available at 3949, 47647, 47646 and 47644.

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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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Upgrade: PIX 8.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-1158 (🔍)
X-Force: 49722
SecurityTracker: 1022015
Vulnerability Center: 21512 - [cisco-sa-20090408-asa] Cisco PIX and ASA Remote DoS Vulnerability via Crafted H.323 Packet, High
SecurityFocus: 34429 - Cisco PIX and ASA Multiple Denial of Service, ACL Bypass, and Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34607
OSVDB: 53444 - Cisco PIX / ASA H.323 Inspection Packet Handling Remote DoS
Vupen: ADV-2009-0981

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/01/2019 07:54
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (72), 09/01/2019 07:54 (1)
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