What is the severity of CVE-2012-5415?

CVE-2012-5415 has a moderate severity level due to its potential for causing denial of service attacks.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5415?

To fix CVE-2012-5415, update your Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance to the patched version provided by Cisco.

What devices are affected by CVE-2012-5415?

CVE-2012-5415 affects several models of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, specifically versions 7.2-2 and 7.2.

What type of attack does CVE-2012-5415 enable?

CVE-2012-5415 enables remote attackers to launch denial of service attacks by leveraging a race condition.

What are the implications of CVE-2012-5415 for network security?

CVE-2012-5415 could lead to high CPU consumption or device reloads, significantly impacting network availability.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2012-5415

medium

5.4

CWE

362

16/4/2013

3/10/2022

6/8/2024

CVE-2012-5415: Race Condition

First published: Tue Apr 16 2013(Updated: )

Race condition on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device reload) by establishing multiple connections, leading to improper handling of hash lookups for secondary flows, aka Bug IDs CSCue31622 and CSCuc71272.

Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500	=7.2-2
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500	=7.2
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

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Reference Links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-5415

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5415?
CVE-2012-5415 has a moderate severity level due to its potential for causing denial of service attacks.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5415?
To fix CVE-2012-5415, update your Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance to the patched version provided by Cisco.
What devices are affected by CVE-2012-5415?
CVE-2012-5415 affects several models of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, specifically versions 7.2-2 and 7.2.
What type of attack does CVE-2012-5415 enable?
CVE-2012-5415 enables remote attackers to launch denial of service attacks by leveraging a race condition.
What are the implications of CVE-2012-5415 for network security?
CVE-2012-5415 could lead to high CPU consumption or device reloads, significantly impacting network availability.

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