Cisco ASA prior 7.2%282.15%29 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco ASA. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-1579. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco ASA (Firewall Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

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 CSCtc79922.

The weakness was disclosed 08/09/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1579. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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 42192†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26804†). The entries VDB-54286, VDB-54284, VDB-54283 and VDB-54282 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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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: 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 7.2%282.15%29

Timelineinfo

04/27/2010 🔍
08/04/2010 +99 days 🔍
08/09/2010 +5 days 🔍
08/09/2010 +0 days 🔍
08/15/2010 +6 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1677 days 🔍
09/21/2021 +2378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-1579 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1579
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54272
SecurityFocus: 42192
Secunia: 40842
Vulnerability Center: 26804 - [cisco-sa-20100804-asa] Cisco ASA 5500 SunRPC Transit Traffic Denial of Service Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/21/2021 21:09
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (54), 03/02/2017 17:13 (6), 09/21/2021 21:01 (4), 09/21/2021 21:09 (1)
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