CVE-2008-3817 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in Cisco ASA and PIX security appliances due to a memory leak in the hardware crypto accelerator.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3817?
CVE-2008-3817 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3817?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Series, Cisco Pix Security Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3817?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-3817 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3817 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7h25-phc4-5m3h.