CVE-2011-2060 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-2060

The platform-sw component on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500...

Vulnerability Description

The platform-sw component on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2 before 8.2(5.3), 8.3 before 8.3(2.20), and 8.4 before 8.4(2.1) does not properly handle non-ASCII characters in an interface description, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reload without configuration) via a crafted description, aka Bug ID CSCtq50523.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

adaptive security appliance software, 5500 series adaptive security appliance
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0, 7.0\(0\), 7.0\(1\), 7.0\(2\), 7.0\(4\), 7.0\(5\), 7.0\(5.2\), 7.0\(6\), 7.0\(6.7\), 7.0\(7\), 7.0\(8\), 7.0.1, 7.0.1.4, 7.0.2, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.3, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.1, 7.2, 7.2\(1\), 7.2\(1.22\), 7.2\(2\), 7.2\(2.5\), 7.2\(2.7\), 7.2\(2.8\), 7.2\(2.10\), 7.2\(2.14\), 7.2\(2.15\), 7.2\(2.16\), 7.2\(2.17\), 7.2\(2.18\), 7.2\(2.19\), 7.2\(2.48\), 7.2\(3\), 7.2\(4\), 7.2\(5\), 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 8.0, 8.0\(2\), 8.0\(3\), 8.0\(4\), 8.0\(5\), 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.1, 8.2\(1\), 8.2\(2\), 8.2\(3\), 8.2\(3.9\), 8.2\(4\), 8.2\(4.1\), 8.2\(4.4\), 8.2\(5\), 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.3\(1\), 8.3\(2\), 8.4\(1\), 8.4\(1.11\), 8.4\(2\), 8.5, 8.5\(1\)

Timeline

Official Publish: October 22nd, 2011
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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