Vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software

CVE-2020-3585

A vulnerability in the TLS handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Firepower 1000 Series firewalls could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of countermeasures against the Bleichenbacher attack for cipher suites that rely on RSA for key exchange. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted TLS messages to the device, which would act as an oracle and allow the attacker to carry out a chosen-ciphertext attack. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform cryptanalytic operations that may allow decryption of previously captured TLS sessions to the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to perform both of the following actions: Capture TLS traffic that is in transit between clients and the affected device Actively establish a considerable number of TLS connections to the affected device

EPSS: 0.013 (66.4th 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:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3585?
CVE-2020-3585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-3585?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.