Cisco ASA prior 9.1(7.7)/9.2(4.11)/9.4(4)/9.5(3)/9.6(1.5) IKEv1 XAUTH resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component IKEv1 XAUTH Handler. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-6610. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component IKEv1 XAUTH Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was shared 04/19/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170419-asa-xauth as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-6610 since 03/09/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99668 (Cisco ASA Software IKEv1 XAUTH Parameter Handling Remote DoS (cisco-sa-20170419-asa-xauth)), 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 316106 (Cisco ASA Software Internet Key Exchange Version 1 XAUTH Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170419-asa-xauth)).

Upgrading to version 9.1(7.7), 9.2(4.11), 9.4(4), 9.5(3) or 9.6(1.5) 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 (99668), SecurityFocus (BID 97934†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038314†). The entries VDB-100273 and VDB-100272 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 99668
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA Software IKEv1 XAUTH Parameter Handling Remote DoS (cisco-sa-20170419-asa-xauth)
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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: Cisco ASA Software Internet Key Exchange Version 1 XAUTH Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ASA 9.1(7.7)/9.2(4.11)/9.4(4)/9.5(3)/9.6(1.5)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170419-asa-xauth
Researcher: Cisco.
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6610 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6610
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100274
SecurityFocus: 97934 - Cisco ASA Software CVE-2017-6610 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6610 - Cisco - ASA - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038314

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/20/2017 10:25
Updated: 08/25/2024 06:15
Changes: 04/20/2017 10:25 (85), 09/17/2020 20:51 (7), 12/20/2020 22:53 (2), 12/20/2020 22:58 (1), 08/25/2024 06:15 (17)
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