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TITLE:
Cisco ASA Crypto Accelerator Memory Leak

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32392

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 8.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16163/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to a memory leak in the Crypto
Accelerator. This can be exploited to cause a DoS by sending
specially crafted packets to an affected device.

SOLUTION:
Cisco ASA 8.0:
Update to version 8.0(4).

Cisco ASA 8.1:
Update to version 8.1(2).

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Cisco:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20081022-asa.shtml

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