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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Web Services DoS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-asaftd-websrvs-dos-X8gNucD2)
high Nessus Plugin ID 193915
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, the remote Cisco ASA Software is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability, due to incomplete error checking when parsing HTTP headers. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via specially crafted HTTP request, to cause the system to stop responding.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwj10955See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 193915
File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-websrvs-dos-X8gNucD2-asa.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 4/26/2024
Updated: 5/31/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20353
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 8
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:F/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: 4/24/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2024
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/1/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-20353