CVE-2018-15454

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15454
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-01 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-15 15:24:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload or trigger high CPU, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of SIP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending SIP requests designed to specifically trigger this issue at a high rate across an affected device. Software updates that address this vulnerability are not yet available.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

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
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 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco ASA 5500-X Session Initiation Protocol Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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