Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Web Services DoS (cisco-sa-asaftd-webdos-fBzM5Ynw)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141831

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the web interface due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a crafted HTTP request, in order to cause a DoS condition.

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

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvs10748, CSCvt70322

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0fb5929e

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs10748

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvt70322

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141831

File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-webdos-fBzM5Ynw_asa.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/23/2020

Updated: 3/31/2023

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-2020-3304

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3304

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-asaftd-webdos-fBzM5Ynw

IAVA: 2020-A-0488-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvs10748, CSCvt70322