CVE-2022-20737

Summary

CVECVE-2022-20737
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-05-03 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the handler for HTTP authentication for resources accessed through the Clientless SSL VPN portal of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device or to obtain portions of process memory from an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds checking when parsing specific HTTP authentication messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious traffic to an affected device acting as a VPN Gateway. To send this malicious traffic, an attacker would need to control a web server that can be accessed through the Clientless SSL VPN portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition, or to retrieve bytes from the device process memory that may contain sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20220427 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Clientless SSL VPN Heap Overflow Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317184 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Clientless Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Heap Overflow Vulnerability (cisco-sa-asa-ssl-vpn-heap-zLX3FdX)
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