CVE-2008-2055 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX security appliances running specific versions of their software. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted TCP ACK packet to the device interface, leading to a complete disruption of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.