SB2020050719 - Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software
Published: May 7, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020050719
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) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3298)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) implementation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted OSPF packets in a short period of time, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.