title: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software WebVPN Denial of Service Vulnerability
description: A vulnerability in the WebVPN login process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause increased CPU utilization on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive processing load for existing WebVPN login operations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple WebVPN login requests to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU load on the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
problem types: CWE-400
affected:
{
product: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
vendor: Cisco
versions:
lessThan: 9.4.4.34, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThan: 9.6.4.25, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThan: 9.8.4, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThan: 9.9.2.50, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 8.6
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
version: 3.0
]
exploits: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.