Cisco ASA up to 8.6 IPv6 Transit Traffic denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco ASA up to 8.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IPv6 Transit Traffic Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3058. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco ASA up to 8.6 (Firewall Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component IPv6 Transit Traffic Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.4 before 8.4(4.1), 8.5 before 8.5(1.11), and 8.6 before 8.6(1.3) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via IPv6 transit traffic that triggers syslog message 110003, aka Bug ID CSCua27134.

The weakness was published 06/20/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20120620-asaipv6 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-3058 since 05/30/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59716 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series DoS (cisco-sa-20120620-asaipv6)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43241 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20120620-asaipv6)).

Upgrading to version 8.6 (1.3) 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 (76461), Tenable (59716), SecurityFocus (BID 54106†), OSVDB (83101†) and Secunia (SA49647†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 59716
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA 5500 Series DoS (cisco-sa-20120620-asaipv6)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 8.6 (1.3)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20120620-asaipv6
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-3058 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3058
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5580
X-Force: 76461
SecurityFocus: 54106
Secunia: 49647 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 83101
SecurityTracker: 1027187 - Cisco ASA 5500 Series IPv6 Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 35395 - [cisco-sa-20120620-asaipv6] Cisco ASA 5500 and Catalyst 6500 Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2012 18:12
Updated: 12/31/2024 05:15
Changes: 06/25/2012 18:12 (69), 04/19/2017 10:29 (10), 03/25/2021 17:58 (3), 03/25/2021 18:01 (1), 12/31/2024 05:15 (16)
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