Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-3529 |
| 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 medium risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU47884
Risk: Medium
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-2020-3529
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 inefficient direct memory access (DMA) memory management during the negotiation phase of an SSL VPN connection. A remote attacker can send a steady stream of crafted Datagram TLS (DTLS) traffic, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA): 9.6 - 9.14
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD): 6.2.2 - 6.6.0
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.
