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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.

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.".

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.01482
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Affected Products & Versions

2
cisco adaptive security appliance 5500 seriesall versions
cisco pix security applianceall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@cisco.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD23 Oct 2008 · 10:00 PM
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/32392
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtmlPatchVendor 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
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