CVE-2018-0228 — Improper Input Validation in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-667 — Improper Locking4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.6HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.2%
top 11.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SoftwareCisco Firepower Threat Defense
Timeline
PublishedApr 19
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A vulnerability in the ingress flow creation functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU to increase upwards of 100% utilization, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of an internal software lock that could prevent other system processes from getting CPU cycles, causing a high CPU condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by send…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDcisco/firepower_threat_defense6.0 — 6.1.0.6+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mg38-475c-j5r2: A vulnerability in the ingress flow creation functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-0228: A vulnerability in the ingress flow creation functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker↗2018-04-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Flow Creation Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2018-04-18
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