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Medium
CVE-2012-5717
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through...
Vulnerability Description
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices with firmware 8.x through 8.4(1) do not properly manage SSH sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing multiple sessions, aka Bug ID CSCtc59462.
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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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
adaptive security appliance software, adaptive security appliance, asa 1000v cloud firewall, asa 5500
Vulnerable Versions:
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, 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, 8.2.3, 8.3\(1\), 8.3\(2\), 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.4, 8.4\(1\)
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 18th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.