CVE-2021-1493

Description

A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary checks for specific data that is provided to the web services interface of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition on the affected system, which could disclose data fragments or cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.623

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareNCM
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SoftwareNCM
CVE-2021-1493NCM

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