CVE-2012-2474 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in the clientless WebVPN feature of Cisco ASA devices.
- 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-2012-2474?
CVE-2012-2474 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 6 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2 through 8.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and blank response page) by using the clientless WebVPN feature, aka Bug ID CSCth34278.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2474?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2474?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2474 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-2012-2474 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2474 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-mgcq-2wq9-xqxh.