Cisco ASA up to 9.5.1 IPsec Error resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco ASA up to 9.5.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IPsec Error Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-1379. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA up to 9.5.1 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component IPsec Error 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 summary by CVE is:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.0 through 9.5.1 mishandles IPsec error processing, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted (1) LAN-to-LAN or (2) Remote Access VPN tunnel packets, aka Bug ID CSCuv70576.

The weakness was released 05/28/2016 as CSCuv70576 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1379 since 01/04/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/14/2024).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316105 (Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance VPN Memory Block Exhaustion Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160517-asa-vpn)).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance VPN Memory Block Exhaustion Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/04/2016 🔍
05/27/2016 +144 days 🔍
05/28/2016 +1 days 🔍
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10/14/2024 +3061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuv70576
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1379 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1379
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87641

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/29/2016 00:17
Updated: 10/14/2024 21:39
Changes: 05/29/2016 00:17 (63), 12/19/2018 09:15 (1), 10/14/2024 21:39 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:F46:103

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