CVE-2010-4679

high

Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not properly handle Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) connection failures, which allows remote OCSP responders to cause a denial of service (TCP socket exhaustion) by rejecting connection attempts, aka Bug ID CSCsz36816.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64605

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45767

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf

http://secunia.com/advisories/42931

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-01-07

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High