Vulnerability CVE-2012-4643


Published: 2012-10-29   Modified: 2012-10-30

Description:
The DHCP server on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 7.0 before 7.2(5.8), 7.1 before 7.2(5.8), 7.2 before 7.2(5.8), 8.0 before 8.0(5.28), 8.1 before 8.1(2.56), 8.2 before 8.2(5.27), 8.3 before 8.3(2.31), 8.4 before 8.4(3.10), 8.5 before 8.5(1.9), and 8.6 before 8.6(1.5) does not properly allocate memory for DHCP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a series of crafted IPv4 packets, aka Bug ID CSCtw84068.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.1/10
6.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Cisco -> Adaptive security appliance software 
Cisco -> 5500 series adaptive security appliance 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6500 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6503-e 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6504-e 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6506-e 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6509-e 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6509-neb-a 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6509-v-e 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6513 
Cisco -> Catalyst 6513-e 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55861
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121010-asa
http://osvdb.org/86145

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