CVE-2013-5508

Published: Oct 13, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20

7.1HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

The SQL*Net inspection engine in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 7.x before 7.2(5.12), 8.x before 8.2(5.44), 8.3.x before 8.3(2.39), 8.4.x before 8.4(6), 8.5.x before 8.5(1.18), 8.6.x before 8.6(1.12), 8.7.x before 8.7(1.6), 9.0.x before 9.0(2.10), and 9.1.x before 9.1(2) and Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2(27) and 4.x before 4.1(14) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted segmented Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) packets, aka Bug ID CSCub98434.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

cisco

commercial·USaka cisco systems inc., cisco systems

adaptive security appliance software

Networking Infrastructure

firewall services module software

Networking Infrastructure

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5508

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http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131009-fwsm

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http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131009-asa

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