CVE-2008-3817
Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.98% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- cisco/adaptive security appliance 5500 series · cisco/pix security appliance
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32392
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32392
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.