CVE-2012-0378 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ASA devices by triggering stale connections that corrupt connection counts.
- 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-2012-0378?
CVE-2012-0378 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 3 May 2012. 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 8.0 through 8.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection limit exceeded) by triggering a large number of stale connections that result in an incorrect value for an MPF connection count, aka Bug ID CSCtv19854.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0378?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0378?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0378 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-2012-0378 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0378 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-2mwx-3c93-265h.