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CVE-2008-2733
Cisco PIX and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 devices 7.2 before 7.2(4)2, 8.0 before 8.0(3)14, and 8.1 before 8.1(1)4, when…
High7.1EPSS 3.2%
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- cisco
Description
Cisco PIX and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 devices 7.2 before 7.2(4)2, 8.0 before 8.0(3)14, and 8.1 before 8.1(1)4, when configured as a client VPN endpoint, do not properly process IPSec client authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted authentication attempt, aka Bug ID CSCso69942.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20080903 Remote Access VPN and SIP Vulnerabilities in Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- cisco-pix-asa-ipsecclientauth-dos(44867) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020811 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080903 Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin: Identifying and Mitigating Exploitation of the Remote Access VPN and SIP Vulnerabilities in Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 1020810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 31730 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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