Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2022-20710

 

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2022-20710

Published: February 3, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60258
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20710
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to to erroneously handled exceptions during failed login attempts in the login functionality of the web-based management interface.. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the affected device and prevent users from logging in.

Affected software

Cisco RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV345 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV340W Dual WAN Gigabit Wireless-AC VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV160 Series VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV260W Wireless-AC VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV260P VPN Router with POE
Cisco Small Business RV260 VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV160W Wireless-AC VPN Router

How to mitigate CVE-2022-20710

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cisco RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26
Cisco RV345 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26
Cisco RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26
Cisco RV340W Dual WAN Gigabit Wireless-AC VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26

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