Cisco ASA prior 9.1(7.8)/9.2(4.15)/9.4(4)/9.5(3.2)/9.6(2) IPsec Parser resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco ASA (Firewall Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component IPsec Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170419-asa-ipsec as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-6609 since 03/09/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99666 (Cisco ASA Software IPsec Packet Handling DoS (cisco-sa-20170419-asa-ipsec)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316108 (Cisco ASA Software IPsec Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170419-asa-ipsec)).

Upgrading to version 9.1(7.8), 9.2(4.15), 9.4(4), 9.5(3.2) or 9.6(2) eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99666), SecurityFocus (BID 97936†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038316†). The entries VDB-100274 and VDB-100273 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 99666
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA Software IPsec Packet Handling DoS (cisco-sa-20170419-asa-ipsec)
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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: Cisco ASA Software IPsec Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 9.1(7.8)/9.2(4.15)/9.4(4)/9.5(3.2)/9.6(2)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170419-asa-ipsec
Researcher: Cisco.
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6609 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6609
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100272
SecurityFocus: 97936 - Cisco ASA Software CVE-2017-6609 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6609 - Cisco - ASA - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038316

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/20/2017 10:21 AM
Updated: 08/25/2024 07:01 AM
Changes: 04/20/2017 10:21 AM (86), 09/17/2020 08:39 PM (7), 12/20/2020 10:39 PM (2), 12/20/2020 10:43 PM (1), 08/25/2024 07:01 AM (17)
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