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Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVE-2012-5415

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

Race condition on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device reload) by establishing multiple connections, leading to improper handling of hash lookups for secondary flows, aka Bug IDs CSCue31622 and CSCuc71272.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-362 - Race Condition

A race condition occurs in a shared memory program when two threads/processes access the same shared memory data, and at least one thread executes a write operation. This vulnerability manipulates the time to check vs. time to use (TOC/TOU) gap between the threads in the critical section to cause disorientation in the shared data. The impact can vary from compromising the confidentiality of the system to causing the system to crash or to execute arbitrary code.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published