CVE-2024-20402

A vulnerability in the SSL VPN feature for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a

Severity
High 8.6
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.005
41.3th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Oct 23, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the SSL VPN feature for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a logic error in memory management when the device is handling SSL VPN connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SSL/TLS packets to the SSL VPN server of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Weakness: CWE-788

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (4)
  • Cisco · Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
  • cisco · adaptive_security_appliance
  • cisco · firepower_threat_defense_software