CVE-2020-3189

Description

A vulnerability in the VPN System Logging functionality for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak that can deplete system memory over time, which can cause unexpected system behaviors or device crashes. The vulnerability is due to the system memory not being properly freed for a VPN System Logging event generated when a VPN session is created or deleted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by repeatedly creating or deleting a VPN tunnel connection, which could leak a small amount of system memory for each logging event. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause system memory depletion, which can lead to a systemwide denial of service (DoS) condition. The attacker does not have any control of whether VPN System Logging is configured or not on the device, but it is enabled by default.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.6

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.311

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software VPN System Logging Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software	NCM
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3189)	NCM

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-1706057	Security Update for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 99.17(1.69)

References

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