CVE-2005-3788

Description

Race condition in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 7.0(0), 7.0(2), and 7.0(4), when running with an Active/Standby configuration and when the failover LAN interface fails, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (standby firewall failure) by sending spoofed ARP responses from an IP address of an active firewall, which prevents the standby firewall from becoming active, aka "failover denial of service."

5.4

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.22% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securitytracker.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113201784415859&w=2	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/17550/	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015205	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15407	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113199814008230&w=2	mailing list
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/178	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23160	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3788?: CVE-2005-3788 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3788?: To fix CVE-2005-3788, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3788 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3788 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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