CVE-2018-15388
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software WebVPN Denial of Service Vulnerability
HIGH 8.6
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.98 % · percentile 81 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- cisco
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
A vulnerability in the WebVPN login process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause increased CPU utilization on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive processing load for existing WebVPN login operations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple WebVPN login requests to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU load on the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | cisco |
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-7266
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-15388
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2019-AVI-193 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Cisco · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 9.4.4.34cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.5 < 9.6.4.25cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.7 < 9.8.4cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.9 < 9.9.2.50cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 6.2.3.12
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco · Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software | affected unspecified < 9.4.4.34 ; affected unspecified < 9.6.4.25 ; affected unspecified < 9.8.4 ; affected unspecified < 9.9.2.50 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |