CVE-2012-4659 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ASA devices by sending a crafted authentication response to the SSL VPN AAA functionality.
- 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-2012-4659?
CVE-2012-4659 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 29 Oct 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AAA functionality in the IPv4 SSL VPN implementations on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.2 before 8.2(5.30) and 8.3 before 8.3(2.34) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted authentication response, aka Bug ID CSCtz04566.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4659?
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-2012-4659?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2012-4659 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4659 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-hmhg-jqwf-mcrh.