## Description

By design, the "established" command on the Cisco PIX firewall allows connections from one host to arbitrary ports of a target host if an alternative conduit has already been allowed, which can cause administrators to configure less restrictive access controls than intended if they do not understand this functionality.

## Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

### CVSS Metrics

Type | Score | Severity | Vector
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## Affected Products

### cisco - pix_firewall

Affected Versions:

- *

## References

- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/pixest-pub.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/6733
  US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8052
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/pixest-pub.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/6733
  US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8052

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