CVE-2016-1369 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASA FirePOWER modules by flooding crafted IP traffic due to kernel logging misconfiguration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1369?
CVE-2016-1369 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1369?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Asa With Firepower Services.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1369?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1369 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-1369 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1369 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-65p4-8967-8v6f.