#VU99293 Use of insufficiently random values in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2024-20331

 

#VU99293 Use of insufficiently random values in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) - CVE-2024-20331

Published: October 24, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99293
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20331
CWE-ID: CWE-330
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient entropy in the authentication process in the session authentication functionality of the Remote Access SSL VPN feature. A remote attacker can determining the handle of an authenticating user and use it to terminate their authentication session, resulting in a denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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