Cisco ASA Firmware access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Firmware. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-5717. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco ASA (Firewall Software) (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Firmware. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.

The weakness was published 01/18/2013 with Cisco as CSCtc59462 as confirmed security notice (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-5717 since 11/02/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/21/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64555 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSH Timeout 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 X-Force (81409), Tenable (64555), SecurityFocus (BID 57485†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38461†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 64555
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSH Timeout DoS
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11/02/2012 🔍
01/16/2013 +75 days 🔍
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12/21/2021 +2464 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCtc59462
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-5717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63370
X-Force: 81409
SecurityFocus: 57485 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SSH Timeout Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 38461 - Cisco ASA Remote Authenticated Denial of Service due to Improper Management of SSH Sessions, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/21/2021 17:44
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (62), 04/24/2017 15:07 (4), 12/21/2021 17:44 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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