#VU99321 Improper Handling of Extra Values in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2024-20268 

 

#VU99321 Improper Handling of Extra Values in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2024-20268

Published: October 24, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99321
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20268
CWE-ID: CWE-231
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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