Cisco ASA 1000V H.323 Inspection DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 63644

Synopsis

The remote security device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported model and version number, the remote Cisco ASA 1000V may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability. When H.323 inspection is enabled, processing malformed H.323 transit traffic can result in a device reload. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco ASA Software 8.7(1)3 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4bfaeab

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63644

File Name: cisco_asa_1000v_h323_dos.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 1/22/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:asa_1000v_cloud_firewall, cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA, Host/Cisco/ASA/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5419

BID: 57432

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20130116-asa1000v

IAVA: 2013-A-0023

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuc42812, CSCuc88741