CVE-2016-9225

Description

A vulnerability in the data plane IP fragment handler of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CX Context-Aware Security module could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the CX module to be unable to process further traffic, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of IP fragments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted fragmented IP traffic across the CX module. An exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust free packet buffers in shared memory (SHM), causing the CX module to be unable to process further traffic, resulting in a DoS condition. This vulnerability affects all versions of the ASA CX Context-Aware Security module. Cisco has not released and will not release software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCva62946.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.6

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.379

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance CX Context-Aware Security Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco ASA Next-Generation Firewall Services	NCM
CVE-2016-9225	NCM

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-1705897	Security Update for Cisco ASA Next-Generation Firewall Services 100.6(0.0.181)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234