CVE-2011-3297 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2011-3297

Cisco Firewall Services Module (aka FWSM) 3.1 before 3.1(21), 3.2...

Vulnerability Description

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), when certain authentication configurations are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (module crash) by making many authentication requests for network access, aka Bug ID CSCtn15697.

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

firewall services module software, catalyst 6500, catalyst 7600
Vulnerable Versions:
3.1, 3.1\(2\), 3.1\(3\), 3.1\(4\), 3.1\(5\), 3.1\(6\), 3.1\(7\), 3.1\(8\), 3.1\(9\), 3.1\(10\), 3.1\(11\), 3.1\(12\), 3.1\(13\), 3.1\(14\), 3.1\(15\), 3.1\(16\), 3.1\(17\), 3.1\(18\), 3.1\(19\), 3.1\(20\), 3.2, 3.2\(1\), 3.2\(2\), 3.2\(3\), 3.2\(4\), 3.2\(5\), 3.2\(6\), 3.2\(7\), 3.2\(8\), 3.2\(9\), 3.2\(10\), 3.2\(11\), 3.2\(12\), 3.2\(13\), 3.2\(14\), 3.2\(15\), 3.2\(16\), 3.2\(17\), 3.2\(18\), 3.2\(19\), 3.2\(20\), 3.2\(21\), 4.0, 4.0\(1\), 4.0\(2\), 4.0\(3\), 4.0\(4\), 4.0\(5\), 4.0\(6\), 4.0\(7\), 4.0\(8\), 4.0\(10\), 4.0\(11\), 4.0\(12\), 4.0\(13\), 4.0\(14\), 4.0\(15\), 4.1, 4.1\(1\), 4.1\(2\), 4.1\(3\), 4.1\(4\), 4.1\(5\), 4.1\(6\)

Timeline

Official Publish: October 6th, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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