Vulnerability in Cisco Asa 5505
CVE-2020-3188
A vulnerability in how Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software handles session timeouts for management connections could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buildup of remote management connections to an affected device, which could result in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists because the default session timeout period for specific to-the-box remote management connections is too long. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large and sustained number of crafted remote management connections to an affected device, resulting in a buildup of those connections over time. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the remote management interface or Cisco Firepower Device Manager (FDM) to stop responding and cause other management functions to go offline, resulting in a DoS condition. The user traffic that is flowing through the device would not be affected, and the DoS condition would be isolated to remote management only.
EPSS: 0.017 (74.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Cisco Asa_5505
- Cisco Asa_5505_firmware — versions 9.8\(3\), 101.6\(1.96\)
- Cisco Asa_5510
- Cisco Asa_5510_firmware — versions 9.8\(3\), 101.6\(1.96\)
- Cisco Asa_5512-x
- Cisco Asa_5512-x_firmware — versions 9.8\(3\), 101.6\(1.96\)
- Cisco Asa_5515-x
- Cisco Asa_5515-x_firmware — versions 9.8\(3\), 101.6\(1.96\)
- Cisco Asa_5520
- Cisco Asa_5520_firmware — versions 9.8\(3\), 101.6\(1.96\)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-3188?
- CVE-2020-3188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asa 5505, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-06.
- How severe is CVE-2020-3188?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.