CVE-2024-20353 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)
AI Vulnerability ContextA vulnerability in the management and VPN web servers for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when parsing an HTTP header. An attacker could exploit this vul...
Overview
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A vulnerability in the management and VPN web servers for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when parsing an HTTP header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a targeted web server on a device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the device reloads.
Vulnerability status
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- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-20353
- Vendor/project
- Cisco
- Product
- Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)
- Vulnerability name
- Cisco ASA and FTD Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2024-04-24
- Due date
- 2024-05-01
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
- CVSS v3
- 8.6
Exploit context
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A vulnerability in the management and VPN web servers for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when parsing an HTTP header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a targeted web server on a device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the device reloads.
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