CVE-2011-2060

Medium

Description

The platform-sw component on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 8.2 before 8.2(5.3), 8.3 before 8.3(2.20), and 8.4 before 8.4(2.1) does not properly handle non-ASCII characters in an interface description, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reload without configuration) via a crafted description, aka Bug ID CSCtq50523.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software
PublishedOct 22, 2011
First seenOct 22, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software7.0, 7.0\(0\), 7.0\(1\), 7.0\(2\), 7.0\(4\), 7.0\(5\), 7.0\(5.2\), 7.0\(6\), 7.0\(6.7\), 7.0\(7\), 7.0\(8\), 7.0.1, 7.0.1.4, 7.0.2, 7.0.4, 7.0.4.3, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.1, 7.2, 7.2\(1\), 7.2\(1.22\), 7.2\(2\), 7.2\(2.5\), 7.2\(2.7\), 7.2\(2.8\), 7.2\(2.10\), 7.2\(2.14\), 7.2\(2.15\), 7.2\(2.16\), 7.2\(2.17\), 7.2\(2.18\), 7.2\(2.19\), 7.2\(2.48\), 7.2\(3\), 7.2\(4\), 7.2\(5\), 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 8.0, 8.0\(2\), 8.0\(3\), 8.0\(4\), 8.0\(5\), 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.1, 8.2\(1\), 8.2\(2\), 8.2\(3\), 8.2\(3.9\), 8.2\(4\), 8.2\(4.1\), 8.2\(4.4\), 8.2\(5\), 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.3\(1\), 8.3\(2\), 8.4\(1\), 8.4\(1.11\), 8.4\(2\), 8.5, 8.5\(1\)—
cisco 5500_series_adaptive_security_applianceNo range specified—

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