CVE-2021-40117CWE-119CWE-400denial-of-service

CVE-2021-40117

High · published October 27, 2021

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
2%
Percentile
74.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in SSL/TLS message handler for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because incoming SSL/TLS packets are not properly processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSL/TLS packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01543 · 74.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer; CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2021-10-27T23:15Z
Affected products (26)
ProductVersionsFixed in
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance< 9.8.4.409.8.4.40
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense< 6.2.3.176.2.3.17
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.3.0, < 6.4.0.136.4.0.13
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.5.0, < 6.6.56.6.5
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.0.36.7.0.3
cisco/secure_firewall_threat_defense≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.17.0.1
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.9.0, < 9.12.4.269.12.4.26
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.13.0, < 9.14.3.99.14.3.9
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.15.0, < 9.15.1.179.15.1.17
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software≥ 9.16.0, < 9.16.2.39.16.2.3
cisco/asa_5512-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5512-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5505_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5505_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5515-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5515-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5525-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5525-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5545-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5545-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5555-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5555-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5580_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5580_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5585-x_firmwareall versions—
cisco/asa_5585-x_firmwareall versions—
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 OCT 18:56Z
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL/TLS Denial of Service Vulnerability
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