Cisco Security Agent up to 5.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Security Agent up to 5.1. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0148. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Security Agent up to 5.1. It has been rated as critical. 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 Security Agent 5.2 before 5.2.0.285, when running on Linux, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via "a series of TCP packets."

The weakness was disclosed 02/17/2010 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0148 since 01/04/2010. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69951 (Cisco Security Agent 5.2 DoS (cisco-sa-20100217-csa)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading to version 5.2 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 (56347), Tenable (69951), SecurityFocus (BID 38273†), OSVDB (62445†) and Secunia (SA38619†). The entries VDB-51946 and VDB-51945 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for 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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Nessus ID: 69951
Nessus Name: Cisco Security Agent 5.2 DoS (cisco-sa-20100217-csa)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Security Agent 5.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0148 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0148
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51947

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X-Force: 56347
SecurityFocus: 38273 - Cisco Security Agent Unspecified Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 38619 - Cisco Security Agent Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 62445 - Cisco Security Agents Crafted TCP Packet Handling Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1023607 - Cisco Security Agent TCP Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 24921 - [cisco-sa-20100217-csa] Security Agent (CSA) TCP Packets Remote Unspecified DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-0416

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 05/01/2026 05:28
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 02/21/2017 17:18 (17), 09/02/2021 16:36 (3), 05/01/2026 05:28 (15)
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