Check Point Advisories

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-0101)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-0050
Date Published:	1 Feb 2018
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 28 November, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-0101
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	3000 Series Industrial Security Appliance (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 ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) Firepower 2100 Series Security Appliance Firepower 4110 Security Appliance Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module Firepower Threat Defense Software (FTD)
Vulnerability Description	A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance software. The vulnerability is due to a failure on part of Internet Key Exchange 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.

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-0101) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-0101)