CVE-2008-2733
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
Cisco PIX and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 devices 7.2 before 7.2(4)2, 8.0 before 8.0(3)14, and 8.1 before 8.1(1)4, when configured as a client VPN endpoint, do not properly process IPSec client authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted authentication attempt, aka Bug ID CSCso69942.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2726)
- Published
- September 4, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2726 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / adaptive security appliance 5500
- cisco / adaptive security appliance 5500
- cisco / adaptive security appliance 5500
- cisco / pix
- cisco / pix
- cisco / pix
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31730
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoAppliedMitigationBulletin/cisco-amb-20080903-asa
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00809f138a.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30998
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020810
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020811
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44867
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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