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Cisco ASA Smart Call Home Digital Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

CISCO

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

9 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The Smart Call Home feature of Cisco ASA is prone to a certificate validation vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability in the Smart Call Home (SCH) feature of Cisco ASA Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass digital certificate validation if any feature that uses digital certificates is configured on the affected system. The vulnerability exists because when SCH is configured, a trustpoint, including a VeriSign certificate, is automatically installed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by presenting a valid certificate signed by VeriSign when authenticating to the affected system.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Version 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.0 and 9.1

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Apply the appropriate updates from Cisco.

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