Cisco IOS Software SSL VPN Denial of Service (cisco-sa-20140326-ios-sslvpn)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73342

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of Cisco IOS running on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper handling of certain, unspecified types of HTTP requests in the SSL VPN subsystem. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this issue by sending specially crafted HTTP requests resulting in a denial of service.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20140326-ios-sslvpn.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5b0c3f17

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=33350

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73342

File Name: cisco-sa-20140326-ios-sslvpn.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/4/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2112

BID: 66462