Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software SNMP DoS (cisco-sa-asaftd-snmp-dos-qsqBNM6x)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178026

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco ASA Software is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software. Due to insufficient input validation, an authenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in 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 CSCwb05148

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2665459d

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74838

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwb05148

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178026

File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-snmp-dos-qsqBNM6x-asa.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/7/2023

Updated: 7/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20924

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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: 11/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20924

CWE: 284

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-asaftd-snmp-dos-qsqBNM6x

IAVA: 2022-A-0487-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwb05148