CVE-2010-4676 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash Cisco ASA devices by sending high volumes of IPsec traffic, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-4676?
CVE-2010-4676 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 7 Jan 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a high volume of IPsec traffic, aka Bug ID CSCsx52748.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4676?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Asa 5500.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4676?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4676 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-2010-4676 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4676 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 GHSA-gxhr-vc26-3p89.