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Cisco ASA: CVE-2024-20526: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software SSH Server Resource Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco ASA: CVE-2024-20526: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software SSH Server Resource Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/23/2024
Created
10/25/2024
Added
10/24/2024
Modified
10/24/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH server of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition for the SSH server of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a logic error when an SSH session is established. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SSH messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust available SSH resources on the affected device so that new SSH connections to the device are denied, resulting in a DoS condition. Existing SSH connections to the device would continue to function normally. The device must be rebooted manually to recover. However, user traffic would not be impacted and could be managed using a remote application such as Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).

Solution(s)

  • cisco-asa-update-latest

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