Information disclosure in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2014-3398
Published: October 6, 2014 / Updated: February 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5671
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3398
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive information output in Cisco SSL VPN feature. A remote unauthenticated attacker can obtain version of Cisco ASA software by directly requesting "/CSCOSSLC/config-auth" URL.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain version number of Cisco ASA software.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3398
Apply patches from vendor.