CVE-2008-3817

Cisco ASA 5500/PIX 8.0-8.0(4)/8.1-8.1(2) DoS via Hardware Crypto Accelerator

Title source: llm

Description

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."

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32392

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088

Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_cisco

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899

Scores

EPSS 0.0198

EPSS Percentile 78.4%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (3)

cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_5500_series

cisco/pix_security_appliance 8.0

cisco/pix_security_appliance 8.1

Published Oct 23, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026