CVE-2010-0149 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASA and PIX firewalls by sending crafted TCP segments that exhaust connection resources.
- 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-2010-0149?
CVE-2010-0149 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Asa 5500, published on 19 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance 7.2 before 7.2(4.46), 8.0 before 8.0(4.38), 8.1 before 8.1(2.29), and 8.2 before 8.2(1.5); and Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliance; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections) via crafted TCP segments during termination of the TCP connection that cause the connection to remain in CLOSEWAIT status, aka "TCP Connection Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0149?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Asa 5500, Cisco Pix 500.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0149?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0149 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-2010-0149 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0149 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Asa 5500
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p9qf-76h3-fg7r.