CVE-2008-3817 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01482.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Cisco	Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Series Pix Security Appliance

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500_series::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3803	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."

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/32392
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml
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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2008-10-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:52:59.501Z

Reserved: 2008-08-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-3817

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-23T22:00:01.183

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3817

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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