What is CVE-2020-3305?

CVE-2020-3305 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-3305?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance

CVE-2020-3305

A vulnerability in the implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) module in 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. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain BGP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP packet. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3305?: CVE-2020-3305 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-3305?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.