Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSH Timeout DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64555

Language:

Synopsis

The remote security device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote Cisco ASA is missing a security patch and may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability. Due to a flaw in the management of remote SSH sessions, multiple login sessions can cause the ASA to crash. A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco ASA Software 8.4(1) / 8.5(1) / 8.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64555

File Name: cisco_asa_ssh_timeout_dos.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 2/11/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA, Host/Cisco/ASA/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5717

BID: 57485

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCtc59462

Detections

Analytics