# CVE-2015-0678: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending crafted packets to the management interface of Cisco ASA FirePOWER devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5v87-2xc2-82hj

## What is CVE-2015-0678?

CVE-2015-0678 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The virtualization layer in Cisco ASA FirePOWER Software before 5.3.1.2 and 5.4.x before 5.4.0.1 and ASA Context-Aware (CX) Software before 9.3.2.1-9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by rapidly sending crafted packets to the management interface, aka Bug IDs CSCus11007 and CSCun56954.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0678?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Asa Cx Context-Aware Security Software, Cisco Asa With Firepower Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-0678?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0678 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-0678 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0678 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2016-1301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1301/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-9225](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9225/): Denial of service in all versions of the ASA CX Context-Aware Security module (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2013-1203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1203/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2015-6344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6344/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0678 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-0678 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0678 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0678/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0678/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0678
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0678
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0678

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0678/
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