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Cisco ASA SSL VPN Functionality Version Information Disclosure (CSCuq65542)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91964

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its version and configuration, the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software on the remote device is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the SSL VPN feature due to improperly returning verbose response data. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by requesting a specific URL (/CSCOSSLC/config-auth) via HTTPS, to disclose the software version information.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCuq65542.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?90ac6b01

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=35946

http://www.nessus.org/u?d5013fbe

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91964

File Name: cisco_asa_ver_info_disclosure.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/6/2016

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software

Required KB Items: Services/cisco-ssl-vpn-svr

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3398

BID: 70230

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuq65542