Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Direct Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 103817

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software is affected by one or more vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvd59063.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ed9eb8d9

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvd59063

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103817

File Name: cisco-sa-20171004-asa-adaptive_security_appliance.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/12/2017

Updated: 5/20/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA, Host/Cisco/ASA/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12246

BID: 101165

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20171004-asa

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvd59063