CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-20947

HighCVSS 8.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.87%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in dynamic access policies (DAP) functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a device reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS). This is due to improper processing of HostScan data from the Posture module. An attacker could exploit this by sending crafted HostScan data.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that a remote attacker can disrupt security device operations, potentially causing service unavailability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update ASA/FTD software to a patched version and follow vendor guidance.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in dynamic access policies (DAP) functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper processing of HostScan data received from the Posture (HostScan) module. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HostScan data to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ftd-dap-dos-GhYZBxDU ["https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ftd-dap-dos-GhYZBxDU"] This advisory is part of the November 2022 release of the Cisco ASA, FTD, and FMC Security Advisory Bundled publication.

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