PT-2011-3567 · Cisco · Cisco Asa

Published 2011-10-22 · Updated 2023-08-15 · CVE-2011-2060

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices versions 8.2 before 8.2(5.3) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices versions 8.3 before 8.3(2.20) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices versions 8.4 before 8.4(2.1)

Description The issue is related to the platform-sw component's handling of non-ASCII characters in an interface description. This allows local users to cause a denial of service by crafting a specific description, resulting in the device reloading without configuration.

Recommendations For versions 8.2 before 8.2(5.3), update to version 8.2(5.3) or later. For versions 8.3 before 8.3(2.20), update to version 8.3(2.20) or later. For versions 8.4 before 8.4(2.1), update to version 8.4(2.1) or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2060

Affected Products

Cisco Asa

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2060 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa84/release/notes/asarn84.html · Note