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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Web Services Information Disclosure (cisco-sa-asaftd-info-disclose-9eJtycMB)
high Nessus Plugin ID 137659
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
A vulnerability exists in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software due to the handling of parsing of invalid URLs. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a crafted GET request to the web services interface, in order to retrieve memory contents, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in the Cisco Security AdvisorySee Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 137659
File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-info-disclose-9eJtycMB-asa.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 6/19/2020
Updated: 2/15/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3259
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2020
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/7/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-3259