CVE-2023-20107 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Low-Entropy Keys Vulnerability

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Insufficient entropy in key generation allows attackers to discover private keys, enabling traffic decryption and device impersonation on Cisco ASA and FTD firewalls.

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-2023-20107?

CVE-2023-20107 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, published on 23 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), also known as pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco ASA 5506-X, ASA 5508-X, and ASA 5516-X Firewalls could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a cryptographic collision, enabling the attacker to discover the private key of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient entropy in the DRBG for the affected hardware platforms when generating cryptographic keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a large number of cryptographic keys on an affected device and looking for collisions with target devices. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate an affected target device or to decrypt traffic secured by an affected key that is sent to or from an affected target device.

Weakness: CWE-331, CWE-332

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20107?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20107?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20107 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-20107 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20107 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-p33m-2g5r-vx6v.

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