CVE-2019-15992

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-15992
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-23 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-16 16:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the implementation of the Lua interpreter integrated in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the allowed Lua function calls within the context of user-supplied Lua scripts. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a heap overflow condition and execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system of an affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance All All All All
Application Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance All All All All
Operating System Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Management Center All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense - All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense - All All All

References

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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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