7.5
CWE
295
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2018-0227

First published: Thu Apr 19 2018(Updated: )

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Client Certificate Authentication feature for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to establish an SSL VPN connection and bypass certain SSL certificate verification steps. The vulnerability is due to incorrect verification of the SSL Client Certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the ASA VPN without a proper private key and certificate pair. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to establish an SSL VPN connection to the ASA when the connection should have been rejected. This vulnerability affects Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software that is running on the following Cisco products: 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliances (ISA), 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, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliances (ASAv), Firepower 4110 Security Appliances, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Modules. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg40155.

Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software>=9.4.4<=9.4.4.13
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software>=9.5.3.7<=9.5.3.9
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software>=9.6.2.9<=9.6.2.21
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software>=9.6.3<=9.6.3.17
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software=9.4.3.1
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software=9.4.3.2
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software=9.5.2.7
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software=9.5.2.8
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense>=6.0<=6.0.1.4
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense>=6.1.0<=6.1.0.5

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