CVE-2017-12246

HIGH

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via HTTP Header Input Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the direct authentication feature in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to unexpectedly reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the HTTP header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the local IP address of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload. This vulnerability affects Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software that is running on the following Cisco products: ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers, ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv), Firepower 4110 Security Appliance, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, ISA 3000 Industrial Security Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd59063.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039503
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101165

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0654
EPSS Percentile 93.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-399
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.4\(3\)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.7\(1\)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.8\(0.56\)
n/a/Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Published Oct 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026