Cisco ASA 8.4.7/8.6.1.2 SNMP resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco ASA 8.4.7/8.6.1.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SNMP. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-4238. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco ASA 8.4.7/8.6.1.2 (Firewall Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component SNMP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 07/01/2015 with Cisco as 39611 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-4238 since 06/04/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316049 (Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco-SA-20150701-CVE-2015-4238)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (104317), SecurityFocus (BID 75527†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032776†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50978†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: Cisco ASA SNMP DoS Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: 39611
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76241
X-Force: 104317 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP denial of service
SecurityFocus: 75527 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software CVE-2015-4238 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032776 - Cisco ASA SNMP Processing Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 50978 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Remote DoS via SNMP Requests, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2015 11:32
Updated: 11/24/2024 11:58
Changes: 07/02/2015 11:32 (62), 07/03/2017 09:10 (13), 05/23/2022 01:14 (3), 11/24/2024 11:58 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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