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CVE-2012-5717

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, w

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.0034
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Affected Products & Versions

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cisco adaptive security appliance softwareall versions
cisco adaptive security applianceall versions
cisco asa 1000v cloud firewallall versions
cisco asa 5500all versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.3
MEDIUM · 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:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD18 Jan 2013 · 09:55 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://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5717Vendor Advisory
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