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Cisco ASA Software Failover Command Injection Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
8.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
Cisco ASA is prone to a failover command injection vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to improper handling of secured failover communication messages when the failover ipsec feature is configured. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted UDP packets directed to the failover interface IP address. An attacker needs IP connectivity to the failover interface IP addresses to exploit this vulnerability.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Version 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates from Cisco.