SB2016101916 - Denial of service in Cisco ASA



SB2016101916 - Denial of service in Cisco ASA

Published: October 19, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2016101916
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6431)

The vulneability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness is due to insufficient input validation. By sending a specially crafted enrollment request to the target system via HTTPS, attackers can trigger flaw in the Certificate Authority (CA) enrollment feature that leads to the system reload.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.