CVE-2009-4915 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ASA devices via network traffic, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2009-4915?

CVE-2009-4915 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jun 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5580 series devices with software before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via unknown network traffic, as demonstrated by a "connection stress test," aka Bug ID CSCsq68451.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4915?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Asa 5580.

How do I fix CVE-2009-4915?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4915 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-2009-4915 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-475g-wrgm-3x98.

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