High severity · published Oct 27, 2016
CVE-2016-6431
A vulnerability in the local Certificate Authority (CA) feature of Cisco ASA Software before 9.6(1.5) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the…
7.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the local Certificate Authority (CA) feature of Cisco ASA Software before 9.6(1.5) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of crafted packets during the enrollment operation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted enrollment request to the affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the reload of the affected system. Note: Only HTTPS packets directed to the Cisco ASA interface, where the local CA is allowing user enrollment, can be used to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability affects systems configured in routed firewall mode and in single or multiple context mode.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software · Cisco
8.0.2.11; 8.0.2.15; 8.0.3; 8.0.3.6; 8.0.3.12; 8.0.3.19; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6431
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6431
Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161019-asa-ca
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93786
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037060
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