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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1578. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco ASA (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in the SunRPC inspection feature on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 7.2 before 7.2(5), 8.0 before 8.0(5.19), 8.1 before 8.1(2.47), and 8.2 before 8.2(2) and Cisco PIX Security Appliances 500 series devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted SunRPC UDP packets, aka Bug ID CSCtc77567.
The weakness was released 08/09/2010 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-1578. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56045 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100804-asa)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43203 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100804-asa)).
Upgrading to version 7.2%282.15%29 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56045), SecurityFocus (BID 42187†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26681†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-54284, VDB-54283, VDB-54282 and VDB-54281. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 56045
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100804-asa)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: ASA 7.2%282.15%29
Timeline
04/27/2010 🔍08/04/2010 🔍
08/04/2010 🔍
08/05/2010 🔍
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09/01/2011 🔍
03/19/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2010-1578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54271
SecurityFocus: 42187 - Cisco ASA 5500 Series TLS Packet CVE-2010-1581 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 40842
Vulnerability Center: 26681 - [cisco-sa-20100804-asa] Cisco ASA 5500 SunRPC Transit Traffic Denial of Service Vulnerability, High
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 14:37Updated: 09/21/2021 20:53
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (57), 03/02/2017 10:57 (9), 09/21/2021 20:45 (4), 09/21/2021 20:53 (1)
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