Cisco ASA Software CVE-2017-6609 Denial of Service Vulnerability
by CIRT Team
Description: The vulnerability is due to improper parsing of malformed IPsec packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed IPsec packets to the affected system.
Only traffic directed to the affected system can be used to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability affects systems configured in routed firewall mode only and in single or multiple context mode. This vulnerability can be triggered by IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. An attacker needs to establish a valid IPsec tunnel before exploiting this vulnerability.
Related CVE: CVE-2017-6609
Impact: A vulnerability in the IPsec code of Cisco ASA Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system. Following versions are affected:
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.6
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.5
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.4
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.3
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.2
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.1
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.0
Mitigation: Cisco has released software updates that addresses this vulnerability.
Reference URL’s:
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170419-asa-ipsec
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97936
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