Cisco PIX/ASA prior 8.0 Accelerator resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco PIX and ASA and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Accelerator. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-3817. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco PIX and ASA (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Accelerator. 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:

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."

The bug was discovered 10/22/2008. The weakness was released 10/23/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3817 since 08/27/2008. 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.

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.

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46027), SecurityFocus (BID 31865†), OSVDB (49363†), Secunia (SA32392†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021088†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-44690. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PIX/ASA 8.0

Timelineinfo

08/27/2008 🔍
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08/19/2019 +1616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3817 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3817
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44691

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X-Force: 46027
SecurityFocus: 31865 - Cisco ASA Appliance Crypto Accelerator Memory Leak Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 32392
OSVDB: 49363 - Cisco - ASA Appliance - Crypto Accelerator Memory Leak Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021088
Vulnerability Center: 19839 - [cisco-sa-20081022-asa] Cisco ASA Crypto Accelerator Memory Leak Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-2899

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/19/2019 21:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (61), 08/19/2019 21:22 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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