CVE-2024-20331 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-20331: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Software VPN Authentication DoS Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Weakness CWE-330 · Insufficient randomness
Published October 23, 2024
Last update October 24, 2024

CVSS base score

6.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the session authentication functionality of the Remote Access SSL VPN feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to prevent users from authenticating. This vulnerability is due to insufficient entropy in the authentication process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by determining the handle of an authenticating user and using it to terminate their authentication session. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to force a user to restart the authentication process, preventing a legitimate user from establishing remote access VPN sessions.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 23, 2024 CVE published
October 24, 2024 Record updated