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CVE-2008-3817

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Secu...

High CVSS 7.8

Overview

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."

CWE: CWE-399 Published: 2008-10-23T22:00:01.183
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟠 HIGH.

  • CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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