CVE-2021-1422

Description

A vulnerability in the software cryptography module of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker or an unauthenticated attacker in a man-in-the-middle position to cause an unexpected reload of the device that results in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a logic error in how the software cryptography module handles specific types of decryption errors. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious packets over an established IPsec connection. A successful exploit could cause the device to crash, forcing it to reload. Important: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would not cause a compromise of any encrypted data. Note: This vulnerability affects only Cisco ASA Software Release 9.16.1 and Cisco FTD Software Release 7.0.0.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.7
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.427

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Release 9.16.1 and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Release 7.0.0 IPsec Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareNCM
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Release 9.16.1 and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Release 7.0.0 IPsec Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SoftwareNCM
Reachable Assertion Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1422)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706057Security Update for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 99.17(1.69)
PATCH-1706067Security 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