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CVE-2008-3817 Detail

Description

Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32392 CVE, Cisco Systems, Inc.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtml CVE, Cisco Systems, Inc. Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865 CVE, Cisco Systems, Inc.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021088 CVE, Cisco Systems, Inc.
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899 CVE, Cisco Systems, Inc.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027 CVE, Cisco Systems, Inc.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597 CVE, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3817
NVD Published Date:
10/23/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Cisco Systems, Inc.