Cisco ASA up to 9.1(1.1) HTTP Deep Packet Inspection Malformed Response race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 9.1(1.1). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Deep Packet Inspection. Executing a manipulation as part of Malformed Response can lead to race condition. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-5512. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco ASA up to 9.1(1.1) (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Deep Packet Inspection. The manipulation as part of a Malformed Response leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in the HTTP Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) feature in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 8.2.x before 8.2(5.46), 8.3.x before 8.3(2.39), 8.4.x before 8.4(5.5), 8.5.x before 8.5(1.18), 8.6.x before 8.6(1.12), 8.7.x before 8.7(1.4), 9.0.x before 9.0(1.4), and 9.1.x before 9.1(1.2), in certain conditions involving the spoof-server option or ActiveX or Java response inspection, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted HTTP response, aka Bug ID CSCud37992.

The weakness was published 10/09/2013 as cisco-sa-20131009-asa as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-5512 since 08/22/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70474 (Cisco ASA Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20131009-asa)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43394 (Cisco ASA Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20131009-asa)).

Upgrading to version 8.2(5.46), 8.3(2.39), 8.4(5.5), 8.5(1.18), 8.6(1.12), 8.7(1.4), 9.0(1.4) or 9.1(1.2) 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 X-Force (87777), Tenable (70474), OSVDB (98261†), Secunia (SA55237†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41862†). Additional details are provided at seclists.org. Similar entries are available at VDB-10654, VDB-10656, VDB-10657 and VDB-10658. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 70474
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20131009-asa)
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Upgrade: ASA 8.2(5.46)/8.3(2.39)/8.4(5.5)/8.5(1.18)/8.6(1.12)/8.7(1.4)/9.0(1.4)/9.1(1.2)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20131009-asa
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5512 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5512
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10660

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X-Force: 87777
Secunia: 55237 - Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 98261
Vulnerability Center: 41862 - [cisco-sa-20131009-asa] Cisco ASA Remote Denial of Service due to an Error in the HTTP DPI Engine, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2013 16:56
Updated: 05/26/2021 15:28
Changes: 10/14/2013 16:56 (76), 05/13/2017 09:44 (1), 05/26/2021 15:28 (3)
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