SB2016101917 - Denial of service in Cisco ASA 5500-X Series



SB2016101917 - Denial of service in Cisco ASA 5500-X Series

Published: October 19, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2016101917
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6439)

The vulnerability allows a remote anauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness is due to resource management error. By sending a specially crafted data, attackers can trigger the Snort process restart and bypass Snort detection.
Successful exploitation results in denial of service that may lead to further attacks on the vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.