PT-2011-1645 · Cisco · Cisco Asa+1

Published 2011-01-07 · Updated 2023-08-11 · CVE-2010-4690

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices versions prior to 8.3(2)

Description The issue concerns the Mobile User Security (MUS) service, which does not properly authenticate HTTP requests from a Web Security appliance (WSA). This could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a HEAD request.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.3(2), update to version 8.3(2) or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the MUS service to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4690

Affected Products

Cisco Asa

Web Security Appliance

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4690 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/45768 · Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa83/release/notes/asarn83.pdf · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64574 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42931 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024963 · Note