Cisco ASA-CX 9.0 resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA-CX 9.0 (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Cisco ASA-CX Context-Aware Security module before 9.0.2-103 for Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices, and Prime Security Manager (aka PRSM) before 9.0.2-103, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and application hang) via unspecified IPv4 packets that trigger log entries, aka Bug ID CSCub70603.

The weakness was published 09/12/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20120912-asacx as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The public release has been coordinated with Cisco. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4629 since 08/24/2012. 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 62182 (Cisco Prime Security Manager Log Retention DoS (cisco-sa-20120912-asacx)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Upgrading to version 9.0.2-103 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 (78456), Tenable (62182), SecurityFocus (BID 55515†), OSVDB (85500†) and Secunia (SA50592†).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 62182
Nessus Name: Cisco Prime Security Manager Log Retention DoS (cisco-sa-20120912-asacx)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA-CX 9.0.2-103

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20120912-asacx
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4629 (🔍)
X-Force: 78456
SecurityFocus: 55515 - Cisco ASA CX Context-Aware Security and Prime Security Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 50592 - Cisco ASA-CX / Cisco PRSM Log Partition Denial of Service Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 85500
SecurityTracker: 1027519 - Cisco ASA-CX Context-Aware Security Appliance Logging Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 36185 - [cisco-sa-20120912-asacx] Cisco ASA-CX Context-Aware Security and PRSM Before 9.0.2-103 Remote DoS, High

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2012 10:32 AM
Updated: 04/13/2021 08:18 AM
Changes: 09/21/2012 10:32 AM (71), 04/17/2017 11:06 AM (11), 04/13/2021 08:18 AM (3)
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Committer: olku
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