Cisco Firewall Services Module up to 3.2(28) denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firewall Services Module. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0151. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Firewall Services Module (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 4.0 before 4.0(8), as used in for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches, Cisco 7600 routers, and ASA 5500 Adaptive Security Appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) message.

The weakness was presented 02/17/2010 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0151 since 01/04/2010. 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.

Upgrading to version 4.0 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 (56333), SecurityFocus (BID 38274†), OSVDB (62432†), Secunia (SA38621†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023609†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Firewall Services Module

Version

• 2.1 %280.208%29
• 2.3(2)
• 2.3(4.7)
• 3
• 3.2
• 3.2%282%29
• 3.2%286%29
• 3.2%2814%29
• 3.2(24)
• 3.2(25)
• 3.2(28)

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firewall Services Module 4.0

Timelineinfo

01/04/2010 🔍
02/17/2010 +44 days 🔍
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02/18/2010 +1 days 🔍
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02/23/2010 +4 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1849 days 🔍
05/01/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0151 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0151
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51903
X-Force: 56333
SecurityFocus: 38274 - Cisco Firewall Services Module SCCP Inspection Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 38621 - Cisco Firewall Services Module Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 62432 - Cisco Multiple Products SCCP Inspection Malformed Skinny Control Message Handling Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1023609 - Cisco Firewall Services Module SCCP Protocol Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 24914 - [cisco-sa-20100217-fwsm] Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) SCCP Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2010-0418

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 05/01/2026 02:16
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (56), 02/21/2017 17:16 (17), 05/01/2026 02:16 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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