PT-2017-3122 · Cisco · Cisco Asa

Published 2017-10-04 · Updated 2023-08-15 · CVE-2017-12246

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient validation of HTTP request headers in the direct authentication feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software. This could allow a remote attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service condition, by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the local IP address of the device.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-02522

CVE-2017-12246

Affected Products

Cisco Asa

References · 6

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004-asa · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12246 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12246 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-02522 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101165 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039503 · Note