CVE-2020-3572

Description

A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS session handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a memory leak when closing SSL/TLS connections in a specific state. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing several SSL/TLS sessions and ensuring they are closed under certain conditions. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust memory resources in the affected device, which would prevent it from processing new SSL/TLS connections, resulting in a DoS. Manual intervention is required to recover an affected device.

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

1.858

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL/TLS Session Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software	NCM
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL/TLS Session Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software	NCM
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3572)	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)
PATCH-1706067	Security Update for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Gibraltar-16.12.5

References

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