Cisco ASA up to 8.2.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco ASA up to 8.2.2. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2474. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 8.2.2 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory leak on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2 through 8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and blank response page) by using the clientless WebVPN feature, aka Bug ID CSCth34278.

The weakness was disclosed 08/06/2012 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2474 since 05/07/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61515 (Cisco ASA WebVPN Memory Leak DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (61515), SecurityFocus (BID 54840†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35824†). The entry VDB-60667 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 61515
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA WebVPN Memory Leak DoS
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2474 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2474
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61487
SecurityFocus: 54840 - Cisco ASA 5500 Series CVE-2012-2474 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35824 - Cisco ASA 5500 8.2-8.4 Memory Leak Allows Remote DoS by Using Clientless WebVPN Feature, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/07/2021 10:02
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (54), 04/15/2017 16:21 (11), 12/07/2021 10:02 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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