Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CSRF (cisco-sa-20190501-asa-csrf)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136768

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software is affected by a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack in the web-based management interface due to insufficient CSRF protections. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by persuading a user of the interface to follow a malicious link, to allow the attacker allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege level of the affected user. If the user has administrative privileges, the attacker could alter the configuration of, extract information from, or reload an affected device.

Please see the included Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvj34599

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136768

File Name: cisco-sa-20190501-asa-csrf.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 5/22/2020

Updated: 5/26/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1713

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1713

BID: 108132

CWE: 352

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190501-asa-csrf

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvj34599

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