CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-3306

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.23%

66th percentile - higher than 66% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the DHCP module of Cisco ASA and FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. This is due to incorrect processing of certain DHCP packets. An attacker could exploit this by sending a crafted DHCP packet, causing a DoS.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that an attacker could disrupt the ASA/FTD device, potentially impacting IP address assignment and network availability.

Recommendation

Apply the vendor-provided software update and restrict access to DHCP services.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the DHCP module of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain DHCP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted DHCP packet to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS