Cisco ASA Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20131009-asa)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 70474

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote Cisco ASA device is affected by one or more of the following vulnerabilities :

- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to improper clearing of unused memory blocks after an AnyConnect SSL VPN client disconnects. (CVE-2013-3415)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists resulting from an error in the code that decrypts packets transiting an active VPN tunnel. (CVE-2013-5507)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to improper handling of segmented Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) packets. (CVE-2013-5508)

- An authentication bypass vulnerability exists resulting due to an error in handling a client crafted certificate during the authentication phase. (CVE-2013-5509)

- An authentication bypass vulnerability exists due to improper parsing of the LDAP response packet received from a remote AAA LDAP server. (CVE-2013-5510)

- An authentication bypass vulnerability exists due to an error in the implementation of the authentication-certificate option. (CVE-2013-5511)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a race condition during inspection of HTTP packets by the HTTP DPI engine. (CVE-2013-5512)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to the improper processing of unsupported DNS over TCP packets by the DNS inspection engine. (CVE-2013-5513)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists resulting from the improper handling of crafted HTTPS requests for systems configured for Clientless SSL VPN.
(CVE-2013-5515)

- A denial of service condition can be caused by improper handling of crafted ICMP packets. (CVE-2013-5542)

Note that the verification checks for the presence of CVE-2013-5513 and CVE-2013-5515 are best effort approaches and may result in potential false positives.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20131009-asa.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d011fc2b

http://www.nessus.org/u?efc913e7

http://www.nessus.org/u?2d97cc96

http://www.nessus.org/u?e758053c

http://www.nessus.org/u?f122ca71

http://www.nessus.org/u?0960915d

http://www.nessus.org/u?82b9bb7a

http://www.nessus.org/u?94e50312

http://www.nessus.org/u?8eee683f

http://www.nessus.org/u?f18ec641

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 70474

File Name: cisco-sa-20131009-asa.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/17/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software, cpe:/h:cisco:asa_5500, cpe:/h:cisco:asa_6500, cpe:/h:cisco:asa_7600, cpe:/h:cisco:asa_1000v

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA, Host/Cisco/ASA/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3415, CVE-2013-5507, CVE-2013-5508, CVE-2013-5509, CVE-2013-5510, CVE-2013-5511, CVE-2013-5512, CVE-2013-5513, CVE-2013-5515, CVE-2013-5542

BID: 62910, 62911, 62912, 62913, 62914, 62915, 62916, 62917, 62919, 63202