CVE-2019-12698
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CVE-2019-12698 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A vulnerability in the WebVPN feature 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 a specific WebVPN HTTP page request. EPSS estimates a 1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A vulnerability in the WebVPN feature 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 a specific WebVPN HTTP page request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple WebVPN HTTP page load requests for a specific URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU load on the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, which could cause traffic to be delayed through the device.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Adaptive Security Appliance | < 9.6.4.31 |
| Cisco | Adaptive Security Appliance Software | >= 9.7, < 9.8.4.9 |
| Cisco | Adaptive Security Appliance Software | >= 9.9, < 9.9.2.56 |
| Cisco | Adaptive Security Appliance Software | >= 9.10, < 9.10.1.30 |
| Cisco | Adaptive Security Appliance Software | >= 9.12, < 9.12.2.9 |
| Cisco | Adaptive Security Appliance Software | >= 9.13, < 9.13.1 |
| Cisco | Secure Firewall Threat Defense | < 6.2.3.15 |
| Cisco | Secure Firewall Threat Defense | >= 6.3.0, < 6.3.0.5 |
| Cisco | Secure Firewall Threat Defense | >= 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.6 |
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