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CVE-2013-6696

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.1)—

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software does not properly handle errors during the processing of DNS responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed response, aka Bug ID CSCuj28861.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Cisco — Adaptive Security ApplianceCisco — Adaptive Security Appliance Software

CWEs

References

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