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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco ASA up to 8.4(2.11)/8.5(1.4)/8.6 (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Syslog. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.4 before 8.4(2.11) and 8.5 before 8.5(1.4) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 packets that trigger syslog message 305006, aka Bug ID CSCts39634.
The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20120314-asa as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0355 since 01/04/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 58831 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120314-asa)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.
Upgrading to version 8.4(2.11), 8.5(1.4) or 8.6 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 (74031), Tenable (58831), SecurityFocus (BID 52484†), OSVDB (80045†) and Secunia (SA48423†). The entries VDB-4823, VDB-4825 and VDB-4826 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
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Nessus ID: 58831
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120314-asa)
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Upgrade: ASA 8.4(2.11)/8.5(1.4)/8.6
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20120314-asa
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2012-0355 (🔍)
X-Force: 74031
SecurityFocus: 52484 - Cisco ASA UDP Inspection Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 48423 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 80045
Vulnerability Center: 34653 - [cisco-sa-20120314-asa] Cisco ASA 5500 and ASASM UDP Inspection Engine DoS, High
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2012 10:16 AMUpdated: 03/22/2021 06:38 AM
Changes: 03/16/2012 10:16 AM (65), 04/10/2017 11:50 AM (9), 03/22/2021 06:38 AM (3)
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