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CVE-2010-4679

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not properly handle Online C

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not properly handle Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) connection failures, which allows remote OCSP responders to cause a denial of service (TCP socket exhaustion) by rejecting connection attempts, aka Bug ID CSCsz36816.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.0034
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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cisco adaptive security appliance software<= 8.2\(2\)
cisco adaptive security appliance softwareall versions
cisco 5500 series adaptive security applianceall versions
cisco asa 5500all versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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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 NVD07 Jan 2011 · 12:00 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/42931
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45767
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64605
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