Cisco ASA Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2018-15388)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 506074

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 506074

File Name: tenable_ot_cisco_CVE-2018-15388.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/5/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15388

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15388

CWE: 400

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