76084 : Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) Authentication Request Saturation Remote DoS
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Disclosure Date
2011-10-05

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3297" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Cisco Firewall Services Module (aka FWSM) 3.1 before 3.1(21), 3.2 before 3.2(22), 4.0 before 4.0(16), and 4.1 before 4.1(7), when certain authentication configurations are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (module crash) by making many authentication requests for network access, aka Bug ID CSCtn15697.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.1(21) or higher or 3.2(22) or higher or 4.0(16) or higher or 4.1(7) or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Cisco Systems, Inc.	Firewall Services Module	3.1(20)
		3.2(21)
		4.0(15)
		4.1(6)

References

CVE ID: 2011-3297 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 46278
ISS X-Force ID: 70327
Related OSVDB ID: 76083 76085 76086 76087 76088 76089 76090
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtn15697 [ Auth Req'd ]
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20111005-fwsm.shtml

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-10-06 | Disagree?

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