Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2008-2055 is a denial-of-service flaw in older Cisco ASA and PIX firewall software. A remote attacker could crash or disrupt the device by sending a specially formed TCP ACK packet to an appliance interface. For businesses, the concern is firewall availability and possible interruption of protected network access. Exposure is most relevant where legacy Cisco ASA or PIX appliances run the affected software trains and have reachable device interfaces. PIX and these ASA versions are old, so current exposure should be limited but may persist in unmanaged, lab, remote-site, or forgotten perimeter environments. Treat this as a legacy perimeter resilience issue. It is not shown as actively exploited in the provided sources, but any still-running affected firewall can be remotely disrupted and should be upgraded or retired through normal change control. Mitigation focus: Inventory Cisco ASA and PIX appliances and record exact software versions.; Upgrade affected 7.1.x, 7.2.x, and 8.0.x releases to the fixed versions or later.; Review the Cisco advisory for supported upgrade paths and operational caveats..
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- cisco-asa-pix-tcpack-dos(42835)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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