Medium severity · published Oct 23, 2024
CVE-2024-20526
A vulnerability in the SSH server of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition…
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the SSH server of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition for the SSH server of an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to a logic error when an SSH session is established. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SSH messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust available SSH resources on the affected device so that new SSH connections to the device are denied, resulting in a DoS condition. Existing SSH connections to the device would continue to function normally. The device must be rebooted manually to recover. However, user traffic would not be impacted and could be managed using a remote application such as Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software · Cisco
9.16.4.67; 9.16.4.70; 9.18.4.40; 9.20.3 · source: vendor
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software · Cisco
9.16.4.67; 9.16.4.70; 9.18.4.40; 9.20.3 · source: NVD, CISA
Affected product
CA
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20526
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20526
Mitigation
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ssh-dos-eEDWu5RM
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