SB2024102402 - Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Software Remote Access SSL VPN Authentication 



SB2024102402 - Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Software Remote Access SSL VPN Authentication

Published: October 24, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024102402
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Use of insufficiently random values (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20331)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient entropy in the authentication process in the session authentication functionality of the Remote Access SSL VPN feature. A remote attacker can determining the handle of an authenticating user and use it to terminate their authentication session, resulting in a denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.