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Vulnerability CVE-2021-40117
Published: 2021-10-27
Description: |
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. |
Type:
CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'))
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
7.8/10 |
6.9/10 |
10/10 |
Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Low |
No required |
Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
None |
None |
Complete |
References: |
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-dos-4ygzLKU9
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