CVE-2016-6431
HIGHCisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software - Denial of Service via Local CA Enrollment Request
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93786
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161019-asa-ca
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037060
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0254
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (50)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.2.11
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.2.15
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.3
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.3.6
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.3.12
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.3.19
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.4
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.4.3
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.4.9
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software
8.0.4.16
... and 40 more
Published
Oct 27, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026