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TITLE:
Cisco PIX and ASA Time-To-Live Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28625

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28625/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/16163/
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/6115/
Cisco PIX 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/16164/
Cisco PIX 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/6102/

DESCRIPTION:
Cisco has acknowledged a vulnerability in Cisco PIX and ASA
appliances, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
processing of IP packets. This can be exploited to reload an affected
device via specially crafted IP packets.

Successful exploitation requires that the Time-To-Live (TTL)
decrement feature is enabled (disabled by default).

The vulnerability affects software versions 7.2(2) and later, prior
to 7.2(3)006 or 8.0(3).

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.2(3)6, 8.0(3) or later (please see the vendor's
advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20080123-asa.shtml

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