PT-2013-1834 · Cisco · Cisco Asa

CVE-2012-5717 · Published 2013-01-18 · Updated 2023-08-15

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices versions 8.x through 8.4(1)

Description The issue is related to improper management of SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions.

Recommendations For versions 8.x through 8.4(1), restrict access to SSH sessions to minimize the risk of exploitation. Consider limiting the number of concurrent SSH sessions as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5717

Affected Products

Cisco Asa

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5717 · Security Note
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5717 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56301 · Telegram Post