CVE-2010-4670 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASA and PIX devices by flooding IPv6 Router Advertisement messages, requiring software upgrades.
- 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-2010-4670?
CVE-2010-4670 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 7 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2(3) and earlier, and Cisco PIX Security Appliances devices, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and device hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package, aka Bug ID CSCti24526.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4670?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Asa 5500, Cisco Pix Security Appliance.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4670?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4670 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-2010-4670 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4670 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance
- CVE-2012-0358 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2012-4661 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2010-4675 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2010-4680 Security feature bypass in n/a
- CVE-2011-3298 Auth bypass in n/a
All Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as CVE-2010-4559, GHSA-h2rp-j2g8-grv6.