PT-2008-3573 · Cisco · Cisco Pix Security Appliance+1

Published 2008-06-04 · Updated 2023-08-11 · CVE-2008-2056

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco PIX security appliance versions 8.0.x through 8.0(3)8 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco PIX security appliance versions 8.1.x through 8.1(1)0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted Transport Layer Security (TLS) packet to the device interface. Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances and Cisco PIX Security Appliances.

Recommendations For versions 8.0.x through 8.0(3)8, update to version 8.0(3)9 or later. For versions 8.1.x through 8.1(1)0, update to version 8.1(1)1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the device interface to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2056

Affected Products

Cisco Asa

Cisco Pix Security Appliance

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2056 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20080604-asa · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020179 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020178 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1750/references · Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00809a8354.shtml · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42836 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30552 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2056 · Note