CVE-2018-0296 on CISA KEV

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. It is also possible on certain software releas

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. It is also possible on certain software releases that the ASA will not reload, but an attacker could view sensitive system information without authentication by…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104612
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44956/
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041076
• ics-cert.us-cert.gov — https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01
• tools.cisco.com — https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-2…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154017/Cisco-Adaptive-Security-Appliance-Pa…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance unknown	Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance unknown

06Detection

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