SB2018060810 - Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Web Services
Published: June 8, 2018 Updated: June 26, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018060810
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0296)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the web interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) due to lack of proper input validation of the HTTP URL. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and cause the device to reload unexpectedly or read contest of arbitrary file on the system using directory traversal sequences.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.