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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software SSH Remote Command Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-asa-ssh-rce-gRAuPEUF)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 209660
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
A vulnerability in the SSH subsystem of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute operating system commands as root.This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input when executing remote CLI commands over SSH. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. An attacker with limited user privileges could use this vulnerability to gain complete control over the system.
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 ID CSCwe93558See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 209660
File Name: cisco-sa-asa-ssh-rce-gRAuPEUF.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 10/25/2024
Updated: 10/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20329
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.9
Temporal Score: 8.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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/model
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-20329