CVE-2021-1501
HighCVSS 8.6Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk69th percentile - higher than 69% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in the SIP inspection engine of Cisco ASA and FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash and reload of an affected device, resulting in DoS. The issue is a crash during a hash lookup for a SIP pinhole connection. An attacker can send crafted SIP traffic to trigger the crash and reload.
Risk Assessment
The attack can cause device outages, impacting network service continuity and requiring reboot.
Recommendation
Install Cisco updates for ASA and FTD. Restrict SIP traffic to trusted sources and monitor for unusual traffic patterns.
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Original NVD description (English source)
A vulnerability in the SIP inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash and reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.The vulnerability is due to a crash that occurs during a hash lookup for a SIP pinhole connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SIP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash and reload of the affected device.