Cisco ASA up to 3.2(23)/4.1(8) Protocol Independent Multicast Parser input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 3.2(23)/4.1(8). It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Protocol Independent Multicast Parser. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-0356. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 3.2(23)/4.1(8) (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Protocol Independent Multicast Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is 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 7.0 through 7.2 before 7.2(5.7), 8.0 before 8.0(5.27), 8.1 before 8.1(2.53), 8.2 before 8.2(5.8), 8.3 before 8.3(2.25), 8.4 before 8.4(2.5), and 8.5 before 8.5(1.2) and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1 and 3.2 before 3.2(23) and 4.0 and 4.1 before 4.1(8) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, when multicast routing is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted IPv4 PIM message, aka Bug IDs CSCtr47517 and CSCtu97367.

The weakness was presented 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. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0356 since 01/04/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 3.2(23) or 4.1(8) 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 Tenable (58831), SecurityFocus (BID 52481†), OSVDB (80041†), Secunia (SA48421†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026798†). See VDB-4825, VDB-4826 and VDB-4827 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 58831
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120314-asa)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 3.2(23)/4.1(8)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20120314-asa
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-0356 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0356
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4823
X-Force: 74028
SecurityFocus: 52481 - Cisco Multiple Products Protocol Independent Multicast Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 48421 - Cisco Firewall Services Module PIM Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 80041
SecurityTracker: 1026798 - Cisco Firewall Services Module Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Processing Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 34650 - [cisco-sa-20120314-asa, cisco-sa-20120314-fwsm] Multiple Cisco Products Remote DoS Vulnerability via IPv4 PIM Message, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2012 10:13
Updated: 03/21/2021 19:20
Changes: 03/16/2012 10:13 (67), 04/10/2017 11:50 (11), 03/21/2021 19:15 (3), 03/21/2021 19:20 (1)
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