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Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2013-5551

MEDIUM
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2013-11-01 psirt@cisco.com
6.3
CVSS 2.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
6.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Nov 01, 2013 - 02:55 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, when certain same-security-traffic and management-access options are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and device reload) by using the clientless SSL VPN portal for internal-resource browsing, aka Bug ID CSCui51199.

AnalysisAI

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, when certain same-security-traffic and management-access options are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, when certain same-security-traffic and management-access options are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and device reload) by using the clientless SSL VPN portal for internal-resource browsing, aka Bug ID CSCui51199. Affected products include: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.

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