National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2734
Original release date:09/04/2008
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Memory leak in the crypto functionality in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 devices 7.2 before 7.2(4)2, 8.0 before 8.0(3)14, and 8.1 before 8.1(1)4, when configured as a clientless SSL VPN endpoint, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and VPN hang) via a crafted SSL or HTTP packet, aka Bug ID CSCso66472.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020812
External Source: CISCO
Name: 20080903 Remote Access VPN and SIP Vulnerabilities in Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA