CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-3385

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A race condition in the Health and Performance Monitoring (HPM) for ASDM feature in Cisco ASA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by generating many half-open TCP connections simultaneously.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to reload the device, leading to service unavailability. This may impact the continuity of operations and the availability of critical resources.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Cisco ASA software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Regular monitoring and management of TCP connections may also help minimize risk.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Race condition in the Health and Performance Monitoring (HPM) for ASDM feature in Cisco ASA Software 8.3 before 8.3(2.42), 8.4 before 8.4(7.11), 8.5 before 8.5(1.19), 8.6 before 8.6(1.13), 8.7 before 8.7(1.11), 9.0 before 9.0(4.8), and 9.1 before 9.1(4.5) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via TCP traffic that triggers many half-open connections at the same time, aka Bug ID CSCum00556.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS