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CVE-2022-20795
published 2022-04-21

CVE-2022-20795: A vulnerability in the implementation of the Datagram TLS (DTLS) protocol in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat…

PriorityP342high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.69%
48.6th percentile
A vulnerability in the implementation of the Datagram TLS (DTLS) protocol in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to suboptimal processing that occurs when establishing a DTLS tunnel as part of an AnyConnect SSL VPN connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of crafted DTLS traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources on the affected VPN headend device. This could cause existing DTLS tunnels to stop passing traffic and prevent new DTLS tunnels from establishing, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: When the attack traffic stops, the device recovers gracefully.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance<= 9.16.3
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_and_cisco_firepower_threat_defense
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software9.17.0 – 9.17.1.9
ciscocisco_adaptive_security_appliance_software
ciscofirepower_threat_defense<= 7.0.1
ciscofirepower_threat_defense7.1.0.0 – 7.1.0.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_cisco5.8MEDIUM
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