Cisco ASA up to 8.x resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 8.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5542. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 8.x (Firewall Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 8.4 before 8.4(7.2), 8.7 before 8.7(1.8), 9.0 before 9.0(3.6), and 9.1 before 9.1(2.8) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (firewall-session disruption or device reload) via crafted ICMP packets, aka Bug ID CSCui77398.

The weakness was shared 10/21/2013 as cisco-sa-20131009-asa as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-5542 since 08/22/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70474 (Cisco ASA Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20131009-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 43394 (Cisco ASA Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20131009-asa)).

Upgrading to version 8.4%286%29 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88104), Tenable (70474), SecurityFocus (BID 63202†), OSVDB (98685†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42716†). The entries VDB-10654, VDB-10656, VDB-10657 and VDB-10658 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 8.2
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 70474
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20131009-asa)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 8.4%286%29

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08/22/2013 🔍
10/09/2013 +48 days 🔍
10/21/2013 +12 days 🔍
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12/25/2013 +65 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +454 days 🔍
01/08/2022 +2482 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20131009-asa
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5542 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5542
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65329

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X-Force: 88104
SecurityFocus: 63202
OSVDB: 98685
Vulnerability Center: 42716 - [cisco-sa-20131009-asa] Cisco ASA 8.4, 8.7, 9.0, 9.1 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Crafted ICMP Packets, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/08/2022 19:39
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (67), 05/18/2017 17:24 (2), 01/08/2022 19:39 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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