CVE-2019-12698 Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending specific WebVPN HTTP requests, leading to high CPU utilization on Cisco ASA and FTD devices.
- 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-2019-12698?
CVE-2019-12698 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 2 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the WebVPN feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause increased CPU utilization on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive processing load for a specific WebVPN HTTP page request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple WebVPN HTTP page load requests for a specific URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU load on the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, which could cause traffic to be delayed through the device.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12698?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12698 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-2019-12698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-hc3g-rggm-p6x9.