CVE-2013-3458 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices, when SMP is used, do not properly process X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a large volume of (1) SSL or (2) TLS traffic, aka Bug ID CSCuh19462.

Published: 2013-09-08

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-3393	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices, when SMP is used, do not properly process X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a large volume of (1) SSL or (2) TLS traffic, aka Bug ID CSCuh19462.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01022.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-3458

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2013-09-08T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:56:38.882Z

Reserved: 2013-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-3458

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-09-08T03:17:39.537

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:55:13.390

Link: CVE-2013-3458

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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