Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2016-0201 |
Date Published: | 21 Mar 2016 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Monday 21 March, 2016 |
Source: | |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.4 prior to 9.4(2.4) Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.5 prior to 9.5(2.2) Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.3 prior to 9.3(3.7) Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.2 prior to 9.2(4.5) Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.1 prior to 9.1(7) Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 9.0 prior to 9.0(4.38) Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 8.7 prior to 8.7(1.18) Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 8.6 Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 8.4 Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 8.3 Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 8.2 Cisco Systems Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 7.2 |
Vulnerability Description | A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance software. The vulnerability is due to a failure on part of Internet Key Exchange version 1 and version 2 code to handle UDP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted UDP requests to a target server. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code under the security context of system. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In order for the protection to be activated,
update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update.
For information on how to update IPS, go to
SBP-2006-05,
Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: IKE Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance IKEv1 and IKEv2 multiple payloads Buffer Overflow