CVE-2012-3058 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ASA devices by sending specific IPv6 transit traffic, requiring software upgrades to mitigate.

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-2012-3058?

CVE-2012-3058 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 20 Jun 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, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.4 before 8.4(4.1), 8.5 before 8.5(1.11), and 8.6 before 8.6(1.3) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via IPv6 transit traffic that triggers syslog message 110003, aka Bug ID CSCua27134.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3058?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Catalyst 6500, Cisco Catalyst 6503-E, Cisco Catalyst 6504-E, Cisco Catalyst 6506-E and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3058?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3058 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-2012-3058 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3058 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5j99-hfph-3fvm.

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