# CVE-2010-4678: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) permit packets to pass before the configuration has

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-01-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) permit packets to pass before the configuration has been loaded, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sending network traffic during device startup, aka Bug ID CSCsy86769.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024963
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64604
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45767
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42931

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