What is CVE-2019-1705?

CVE-2019-1705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-1705?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

CVE-2019-1705

A vulnerability in the remote access VPN session manager of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow a unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the remote access VPN services. The vulnerability is due to an issue with the remote access VPN session manager. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by requesting an excessive number of remote access VPN sessions. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition.

EPSS: 0.020 (79.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Adaptive_security_appliance_software
Cisco Asa_5506h-x
Cisco Asa_5506w-x
Cisco Asa_5506-x
Cisco Asa_5508-x
Cisco Asa_5516-x
Cisco Asa_5525-x
Cisco Asa_5545-x
Cisco Asa_5555-x
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (Asa) Software — versions unspecified, unspecified, unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1705?: CVE-2019-1705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-1705?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.