#VU27600 Out-of-bounds read in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2020-3298 

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#VU27600 Out-of-bounds read in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2020-3298

Published: May 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27600
Vulnerability risk: 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-2020-3298
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
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 a boundary condition in the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) implementation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted OSPF packets in a short period of time, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Vendor recommends to update the Cisco FTD Software Release to version 6.2.3.16 (June 2020), 6.3.0.6 (future release), 6.4.0.9 (May 2020) and 6.5.0.5 (future release).

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