CVE-2010-4692 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Cisco ASA devices by initiating excessive IPsec sessions, causing a denial of service.

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-2010-4692?

CVE-2010-4692 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

Unspecified vulnerability on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.3(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a large number of LAN-to-LAN (aka L2L) IPsec sessions, aka Bug ID CSCth36592.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4692?

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-2010-4692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4692 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-2010-4692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vrx3-757v-x5cf.

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