CVE-2013-5557

The Proxy Bypass Content Rewriter feature in the WebVPN subsystem in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.1(.2) and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash or error-recovery event) via an HTTP request that triggers a rewrite, aka Bug ID CSCug91577.

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5557Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37383Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72529Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100694Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5557Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37383Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72529Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100694Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 7, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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