Improper access control in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance - CVE-2023-20215

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Improper access control in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance - CVE-2023-20215

Published: August 3, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78898
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20215
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper detection of malicious traffic when the traffic is encoded with a specific content format. A remote attacker can bypass an explicit block rule and receive traffic that should have been rejected by the device.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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