Cisco ASA up to 9.19.1.18 command delimiter

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA. It has been declared as very critical. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to command delimiter. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-20329. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Cisco ASA. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command delimiter vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-146. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as expression or command delimiters when they are sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the SSH subsystem of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute operating system commands as root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input when executing remote CLI commands over SSH. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. An attacker with limited user privileges could use this vulnerability to gain complete control over the system.

The advisory is available at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-20329 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/01/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• ASA

Version

• 9.17.1
• 9.17.1.7
• 9.17.1.9
• 9.17.1.10
• 9.17.1.11
• 9.17.1.13
• 9.17.1.15
• 9.17.1.20
• 9.17.1.30
• 9.17.1.33
• 9.18.1
• 9.18.1.3
• 9.18.2
• 9.18.2.5
• 9.18.2.7
• 9.18.2.8
• 9.18.3
• 9.18.3.39
• 9.18.3.46
• 9.18.3.53
• 9.18.3.55
• 9.18.3.56
• 9.19.1
• 9.19.1.5
• 9.19.1.9
• 9.19.1.12
• 9.19.1.18

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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