5500 Adaptive Security Appliance
CVE-2012-5415
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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CVSS VectorNVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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1DescriptionCVE.org
Race condition on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device reload) by establishing multiple connections, leading to improper handling of hash lookups for secondary flows, aka Bug IDs CSCue31622 and CSCuc71272.
AnalysisAI
Race condition on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device reload) by establishing multiple connections,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-362. Race condition on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device reload) by establishing multiple connections, leading to improper handling of hash lookups for secondary flows, aka Bug IDs CSCue31622 and CSCuc71272. Affected products include: Cisco 5500 Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Same weakness CWE-362 – Race Condition
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