Race condition in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 7.0(0), 7.0(2), and 7.0(4), when running with an Active/Standby configuration and when the failover LAN interface fails, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (standby firewall failure) by sending spoofed ARP responses from an IP address of an active firewall, which prevents the standby firewall from becoming active, aka "failover denial of service."
CVE-2005-3788
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.4 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 1.8% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 5.4MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.4(low)
- EG Risk
- 30(Track)EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity54% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 85%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 24, 2005
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113199814008230&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113201784415859&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17550/
- cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/178
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015205
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15407
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23160
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113199814008230&w=2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113201784415859&w=2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17550/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/178
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015205
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15407
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23160
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