CVE-2020-27124 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-27124

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software SSL/TLS Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the affected device to reload unexpectedly, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling on established SSL/TLS connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing an SSL/TLS connection with the affected device and then sending a malicious SSL/TLS message within that connection. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: November 18th, 2024
Last Modified: November 18th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/RL:X/RC:X/E:X

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.