CVE-2010-4679 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASA devices by exploiting improper handling of OCSP connection failures, leading to TCP socket exhaustion.
- 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-2010-4679?
CVE-2010-4679 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
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not properly handle Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) connection failures, which allows remote OCSP responders to cause a denial of service (TCP socket exhaustion) by rejecting connection attempts, aka Bug ID CSCsz36816.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4679?
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-2010-4679?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4679 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-2010-4679 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4679 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-68fx-mmjm-rhwr.