CVE-2008-2056 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX security appliances running specific 8.0.x and 8.1.x software versions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a device reload by sending a specially crafted Transport Layer Security (TLS) packet to the device interface. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete availability impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.