# CVE-2010-4679: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not properly handle Online Certificate Status Pr

- 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) do not properly handle Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) connection failures, which allows remote OCSP responders to cause a denial of service (TCP socket exhaustion) by rejecting connection attempts, aka Bug ID CSCsz36816.

## 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
- 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
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64605

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