Cisco Releases Security Updates for ASA and FTD Software

Threat ID:: CC-3579
Threat Severity:: Low
Published:: 28 July 2020 12:00 AM

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Affected platforms

The following platforms are known to be affected:

Versions: all

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

Versions: all

Cisco FirePower Threat Defense (FTD)

Threat details

Vulnerability

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software Web Service. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

Remediation advice

Users and administrators are encouraged to review Cisco's security advisory cisco-sa-asaftd-ro-path-KJuQhB86 for more information and apply the relevant updates.

CVE Vulnerabilities

Status Master

CVE-2020-3452

A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and read sensitive files on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of URLs in HTTP requests processed by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal character sequences to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files within the web services file system on the targeted device. The web services file system is enabled when the affected device is configured with either WebVPN or AnyConnect features. This vulnerability cannot be used to obtain access to ASA or FTD system files or underlying operating system (OS) files.

Last edited: 28 July 2020 12:31 pm