Cisco ASA 5500 6.6.1164.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA 5500. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-0566. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco ASA 5500 (Firewall Software). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance 7.0 before 7.0(8.10), 7.2 before 7.2(4.45), 8.0 before 8.0(4.44), 8.1 before 8.1(2.35), and 8.2 before 8.2(1.10) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed TCP segment when certain NAT translation and Cisco AIP-SSM configurations are used, aka Bug ID CSCtb37219.

The weakness was published 02/17/2010 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0566 since 02/10/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 7.0 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 (56340), SecurityFocus (BID 38278†), OSVDB (62431†), Secunia (SA38618†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023612†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51908, VDB-51907, VDB-51906 and VDB-51904. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 5500 7.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0566 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0566
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51905
X-Force: 56340
SecurityFocus: 38278 - Cisco ASA 5500 Crafted TCP Segment Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 38618 - Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 62431 - Cisco ASA 5500 Series Malformed TCP Segment Handling Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1023612 - Cisco ASA TCP, SIP, SCCP, DTLS, and IKE Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 24916 - [cisco-sa-20100217-asa] Cisco ASA 5500 Series Crafted TCP Segment Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2010-0415

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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 (18), 05/01/2026 02:16 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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