Overview
A vulnerability in Cisco's Secure PIX Firewall may allow a remote attacker to reset arbitrary TCP sessions.
Description
Cisco describes the Secure PIX Firewall as, "an easy-to-install, integrated hardware/software firewall appliance". A vulnerability in the Secure PIX Firewall may allow a remote attacker to disrupt legitimate connections that have been established through the firewall. For more technical details, please see the Cisco Security Advisory Cisco Secure PIX Firewall TCP Reset Vulnerability. |
Impact
A remote attacker can disrupt legitimate connections that have been established through the firewall. |
Solution
Upgrade the software on the device as described in Cisco's Security Advisory. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Ian A Finlay.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2000-0613 |
| Severity Metric: | 4.18 |
| Date Public: | 2000-07-11 |
| Date First Published: | 2003-08-21 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2003-08-21 13:51 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |