CVE-2010-4679

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 7, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2010-4679: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix