Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-3196 |
CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Hardware solutions / Security hardware applicances Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Hardware solutions / Security hardware applicances |
Vendor | Cisco Systems, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU27597
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3196
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) handler. A remote attacker can establish multiple SSL/TLS connections with specific conditions, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationVendor recommends to update the Cisco FTD Software Release to version 6.2.3.16 (June 2020), 6.3.0.6 (future release), 6.4.0.9 (May 2020) and 6.5.0.5 (future release).
Vulnerable software versionsCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): 9.6 - 9.13
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD): 6.1.0 - 6.5.0
External linksQ & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.