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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2011-3303

High
7.8/10

Summary

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services module in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 7.0 before 7.0(8.13), 7.1 and 7.2 before 7.2(5.4), 8.0 before 8.0(5.25), 8.1 before 8.1(2.50), 8.2 before 8.2(5.6), 8.3 before 8.3(2.23), 8.4 before 8.4(2.7), and 8.5 before 8.5(1.1) and Cisco Firewall Services Module (aka FWSM) 3.1 before 3.1(21), 3.2 before 3.2(22), 4.0 before 4.0(16), and 4.1 before 4.1(7) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via malformed ILS traffic, aka Bug IDs CSCtq57697 and CSCtq57802.

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

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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  • Published