Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3817
CVE-2008-3817
Description
Memory leak in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 Series and PIX Security Appliances 8.0 before 8.0(4) and 8.1 before 8.1(2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an unspecified sequence of packets, related to the "initialization code for the hardware crypto accelerator."
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_5500_series:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <8.0(4)
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:pix_security_appliance:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <8.0(4)
Patches
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References
7- www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a183ba.shtmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32392nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31865nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2899nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46027nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5597nvd
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