Upgrading a asa firewall to use asdm

[mick463]

Hi I am just starting to learn ccna security.

I bought an asa 5510 with ver 7.2 on it. When I do a sh ver I get this.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 7.2(2)19
Detected an old ASDM version.
You will need to upgrade it before using ASDM.

My question is how do I upgrade it as I do not have a contract with cisco, and how do I get a contract with cisco, so i can attach it to my cisco profile. Do I need to buy the new software I am happy to I just need some help doing it.

Cisco will not let me download anything to work with this cheap firewall i need to learn on.

Cheers Mick463

[Seb Rupik]

Hi there,

Users without service contracts can contact:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/support/tsd_cisco_worldwide_contacts.html

Explain that you are trying to mitigate cisco-sa-20180129-asa1 :

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180129-asa1

...the fixed release that you should ask for is 9.1.7-25. You should also ask for the compatible version of ASDM which I believe is 7.5(2)+ according to:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/compatibility/asamatrx.html#id_59421

...but you may as well ask for the latest version asdm792.bin

cheers,

Seb.

[mick463]

Thanks Seb you are a legend. I will give that a go tomorrow.

[mick463]

I rang cisco and they got back to me reasonably quickly. They said no bad luck we will not help you.

[Seb Rupik]

That is pretty poor!

Did you point them at the cisco vulnerability page suggested, highlighting the ciscos commitment to users without contracts in light of known vulnerabilities?

[mick463]

Yes they just said nowe are not helping you as you do not have a contract.

Cheers Michael Barton.