CVE-2020-3303 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software IKEv1 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium 6.8 Published 6 May 2020 Updated 15 Nov 2024

Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ASA and FTD devices by sending malicious IKEv1 traffic due to improper memory management.

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-2020-3303?

CVE-2020-3303 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 6 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper management of system memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious IKEv1 traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3303?

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-2020-3303?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3303 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-2020-3303 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3303 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4w79-gq64-m4gh.