Use of Uninitialized Variable in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2020-27124

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Use of Uninitialized Variable in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2020-27124

Published: October 27, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47938
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27124
CWE-ID: CWE-457
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerabilities allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling on established SSL/TLS connections. A remote attacker can send a malicious SSL/TLS message and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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