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Cisco ASA: CVE-2016-1385: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance XML Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco ASA: CVE-2016-1385: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance XML Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/01/2016
Modified
12/21/2022

Description

The XML parser in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (instability, memory consumption, or device reload) by leveraging (1) administrative access or (2) Clientless SSL VPN access to provide a crafted XML document, aka Bug ID CSCut14209.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-asa-update-latest

References

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