Misconfigured Kernel Logging in Cisco ASA 5585-X FirePOWER SSP Module: Denial of Service Vulnerability

Misconfigured Kernel Logging in Cisco ASA 5585-X FirePOWER SSP Module: Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-1369 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5585-X FirePOWER Security Services Processor (SSP) module for Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 5.3.1 through 6.0.0 misconfigures kernel logging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption, and inspection outage or module outage) via a flood of crafted IP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCux19922.

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