This vulnerability is one of eight high-rated vulnerabilities and 11 medium-rated holes in various Cisco products.
This vulnerability is due to improper input validation when parsing HTTPS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTPS request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
Cisco released software updates that address this vulnerability, according to an advisory. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This vulnerability ended up first released in April.
This vulnerability affects Cisco products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco ASA Software or Cisco FTD Software with a vulnerable remote access VPN configuration.
CVE-2022-20745 is the case number for the vulnerability, which has a CVSS base score of 7.5.
The following are the other high-rated vulnerabilities:
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL/TLS Client Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series Secure Boot Bypass Vulnerability
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Generic Routing Encapsulation Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Cisco FirePOWER Software for ASA FirePOWER Module, Firepower Management Center Software, and NGIPS Software SNMP Default Credential Vulnerability
- Cisco Firepower Management Center and Firepower Threat Defense Software SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software SNMP Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Dynamic Access Policies Denial of Service Vulnerability
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