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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software VPN Denial of Service (cisco-sa-20190501-asa-vpn-dos)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 138380
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software is affected by following vulnerability- A vulnerability in the remote access VPN session manager of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow a unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the remote access VPN services.The vulnerability is due to an issue with the remote access VPN session manager. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by requesting an excessive number of remote access VPN sessions. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition.
(CVE-2019-1705)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvk13637See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 138380
File Name: cisco-sa-20190501-asa-vpn-dos.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 7/13/2020
Updated: 7/14/2020
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1705
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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, Host/Cisco/ASA/model
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-1705
BID: 108151