CVE-2010-4679
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2010-4679- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2010-4679- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-4644 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2010-4644- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-68fx-mmjm-rhwr No score
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3) do not...
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.
- Record
GHSA-68fx-mmjm-rhwr- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-4679 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Cisco 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, published January 7, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.