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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2009-4918

Severity High
Score 7.8/10

Summary

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5580 series devices with software before 8.1(2) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IKE process hang) via malformed NAT-T packets, aka Bug ID CSCsr74439.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published