Medium CVSS 5.8

Overview

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) module of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a memory leak, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
This vulnerability is due to improper parsing of IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a continuous stream of crafted IKEv2 packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to partially exhaust system memory, causing system instability like being unable to establish new IKEv2 VPN sessions. A manual reboot of the device is required to recover from this condition.

Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 5.8 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: dos (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Rate limiting, resource quotas and circuit breakers.

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