CVE-2020-3554

High

Description

A vulnerability in the TCP packet processing of 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 on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a memory exhaustion condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted TCP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust device resources, resulting in a DoS condition for traffic transiting the affected device.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Adaptive Security Appliance
PublishedOct 21, 2020
First seenOct 21, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • cisco adaptive_security_appliance9.12.4.3 or later
  • cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense6.4.0.10, 6.5.0.5 or later
  • cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software9.13.1.13, 9.14.1.30 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco adaptive_security_appliancev < 9.12.4.39.12.4.3
cisco secure_firewall_threat_defensev ≤ 6.2.2, 6.3.0 ≤ v < 6.4.0.10, 6.5.0 ≤ v < 6.5.0.5, 6.6.06.4.0.10, 6.5.0.5
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software9.13.0 ≤ v < 9.13.1.13, 9.14.0 ≤ v < 9.14.1.309.13.1.13, 9.14.1.30

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