Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-3195 |
| 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.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU27598
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-2020-3195
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 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) implementation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted OSPF packets, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationVendor recommends to update the Cisco FTD Software Release to version 6.4.0.9 (May 2020) and 6.5.0.5 (future release).
Vulnerable software versionsCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): 9.12 - 9.13
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD): 6.4.0 - 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.
