CVE-2020-3529 Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a device reload and denial of service by exhausting DMA memory via crafted DTLS traffic in SSL VPN negotiations.
- 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-2020-3529?
CVE-2020-3529 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 21 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the SSL VPN negotiation process for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to inefficient direct memory access (DMA) memory management during the negotiation phase of an SSL VPN connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of crafted Datagram TLS (DTLS) traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust DMA memory on the device and cause a DoS condition.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3529?
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-2020-3529?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3529 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-2020-3529 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3529 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance
- CVE-2021-1573 Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software
- CVE-2021-34793 Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
- CVE-2021-40117 Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
- CVE-2021-40118 Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
- CVE-2020-3304 Denial of service in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xwcw-m39w-gg87.