Cisco Firewall Services Module up to 4.1 DCERPC Inspection Engine Network Packet memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Firewall Services Module up to 4.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component DCERPC Inspection Engine. Performing a manipulation as part of Network Packet results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-4663. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Firewall Services Module up to 4.1 (Firewall Software). This affects an unknown part of the component DCERPC Inspection Engine. The manipulation as part of a Network Packet leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The DCERPC inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.3 before 8.3(2.25), 8.4 before 8.4(2.5), and 8.5 before 8.5(1.13) and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 4.1 before 4.1(7) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switches and 7600 series routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted DCERPC packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtr21346 and CSCtr27521.

The weakness was released 10/10/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20121010-asa as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4663 since 08/24/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62760 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20121010-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 43254 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20121010-asa)).

Upgrading to version 4.1(7) eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79175), Tenable (62760), SecurityFocus (BID 55862†), OSVDB (86148†) and Secunia (SA50857†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6668, VDB-6676, VDB-6677 and VDB-6675. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 62760
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20121010-asa)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firewall Services Module 4.1(7)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20121010-asa
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-4663 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4663
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6681

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X-Force: 79175 - Cisco Firewall Services Module DCERPC denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 55862 - Multiple Cisco Products Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50857 - Cisco Firewall Services Module DCERPC Three Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 86148
SecurityTracker: 1027640 - Cisco Firewall Services Module Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 44277 - [cisco-sa-20121010-fwsm] Multiple Cisco Products DCERPC Inspection Engine Flaw Allows Remote DoS, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2012 16:16
Updated: 04/18/2021 10:43
Changes: 10/15/2012 16:16 (50), 05/26/2017 03:59 (39), 04/18/2021 10:43 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:464:103

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