Cisco ASA up to 6.0.0 FirePOWER Security Services Processor resource management

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6.4$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco ASA up to 6.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component FirePOWER Security Services Processor Module. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1369. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco ASA up to 6.0.0 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component FirePOWER Security Services Processor Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.

The weakness was released 05/05/2016 as CSCux19922 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1369 since 01/04/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/29/2022).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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

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Timelineinfo

01/04/2016 🔍
05/05/2016 +122 days 🔍
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05/07/2016 +2 days 🔍
07/29/2022 +2274 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCux19922
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1369 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1369
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-83731
SecurityTracker: 1035743

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2016 09:25
Updated: 07/29/2022 15:36
Changes: 05/07/2016 09:25 (58), 11/19/2018 08:23 (1), 07/29/2022 15:36 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:D1C:103

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