CVE-2016-1385 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASA devices by submitting crafted XML documents via admin or SSL VPN access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1385?
CVE-2016-1385 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, published on 26 May 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The XML parser in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (instability, memory consumption, or device reload) by leveraging (1) administrative access or (2) Clientless SSL VPN access to provide a crafted XML document, aka Bug ID CSCut14209.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1385?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1385?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1385 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-2016-1385 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1385 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2016-6367 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-r338-6h6j-v7p9.