Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software SSH Remote Command Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-asa-ssh-rce-gRAuPEUF)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209660

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

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 CSCwe93558

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4dbc4626

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: High

Score: 8.1

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

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-asa-ssh-rce-gRAuPEUF

IAVA: 2024-A-0687

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwe93558