Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances and Catalyst 6500
CVE-2012-3058

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance
Catalyst 6500
Catalyst 6503-e
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 June 2012

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series and the ASA Services Module in Catalyst 6500 series devices. This flaw, which affects specific versions of the software, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition, leading to a device reload. The issue is caused by IPv6 transit traffic that generates a specific syslog message (110003), allowing unauthorized access when exploited.

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecur...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027187
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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