CVE-2008-2733

Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 vulnerability

CVSS

7.1

EPSS

3.2%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Cisco PIX and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 devices 7.2 before 7.2(4)2, 8.0 before 8.0(3)14, and 8.1 before 8.1(1)4, when configured as a client VPN endpoint, do not properly process IPSec client authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted authentication attempt, aka Bug ID CSCso69942.

Affected vendor

Cisco

Affected product

Adaptive Security Appliance 5500

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Published

2008-09-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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