Cisco ASA up to 9.4.3.3 ICMP Echo Reply ACL ICMP Subtype Firewall input validation
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A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 9.4.3.3 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ICMP Echo Reply ACL. The manipulation as part of a ICMP Subtype leads to a input validation vulnerability (Firewall). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 8.2 through 9.4.3.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended ICMP Echo Reply ACLs via vectors related to subtypes.
The weakness was disclosed 07/11/2016 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20160711-asa / CSCuy25163 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1445 since 01/04/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:
The vulnerability is due to the implementation of ACL-based filters for ICMP Echo Requests and the range of ICMP Echo Request subtypes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending ICMP Echo Request traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass ACL configurations for the device, which could allow traffic that should be denied to instead be allowed through the device.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92630 (Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ICMP Echo Request ACL Bypass (cisco-sa-20160711-asa)), 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.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92630). tools.cisco.com is providing further details.
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CPE 2.3
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Name: FirewallClass: Input validation / Firewall
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 92630
Nessus Name: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ICMP Echo Request ACL Bypass (cisco-sa-20160711-asa)
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OpenVAS ID: 850347
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Access Control List ICMP Echo Request Code Filtering Vulnerability
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20160711-asa / CSCuy25163
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-1445 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036271
SecurityFocus: 91693 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2016-1445 Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/12/2016 10:55Updated: 02/22/2019 13:55
Changes: 07/12/2016 10:55 (76), 02/22/2019 13:55 (9)
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