Cisco plugs critical bug in ASA security devices

  • 20 October 2016
  • 0 replies
  • 108 views

Userlevel 7
Badge +54
Zeljka Zorz - October 20, 2016
 
Cisco has patched a critical vulnerability in the Identity Firewall feature of Cisco ASA Software, which would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and obtain full control of the system (or cause a reload).
 
The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow in the affected code area.
 
                                                


 
“An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted NetBIOS packet in response to a NetBIOS probe sent by the ASA software,” the company explained, but added that only traffic directed to the affected system can be used to exploit it.
 
Full Article

0 replies

Be the first to reply!

Reply