CVE-2022-20795

Summary

CVECVE-2022-20795
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-21 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the implementation of the Datagram TLS (DTLS) protocol in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to suboptimal processing that occurs when establishing a DTLS tunnel as part of an AnyConnect SSL VPN connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of crafted DTLS traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources on the affected VPN headend device. This could cause existing DTLS tunnels to stop passing traffic and prevent new DTLS tunnels from establishing, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: When the attack traffic stops, the device recovers gracefully.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-345

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
Hardware Cisco Asa 5505 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5512-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5515-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5525-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5545-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5555-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5580 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa 5585-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asa For Nexus 1000v - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1010 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1140 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 1150 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2110 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2130 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 2140 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4110 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4112 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4115 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4125 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4140 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4145 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 4150 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Firepower 9300 - All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense All All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20220420 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software AnyConnect SSL VPN Denial of Service 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

  • 317160 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) AnyConnect Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (cisco-sa-vpndtls-dos-TunzLEV)
  • 317161 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software AnyConnect Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (cisco-sa-vpndtls-dos-TunzLEV)
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