CVE-2018-15388

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15388
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-03 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-15 15:24:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the WebVPN login process 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 existing WebVPN login operations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple WebVPN login requests to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU load on the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All
Operating System Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All
Application Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5505 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5505 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5510 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5510 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5512-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5512-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5515-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5515-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5520 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5520 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5525-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5525-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5540 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5540 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5545-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5545-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5550 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5550 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5555-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5555-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5580 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5580 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5585-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5585-x - All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software WebVPN Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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