8.6
HIGH
CVE-2018-0228
" Cisco ASA and FTD Software Denial of Service Vulnerability in Ingress Flow Creation Functionality"
Description

A vulnerability in the ingress flow creation functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU to increase upwards of 100% utilization, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of an internal software lock that could prevent other system processes from getting CPU cycles, causing a high CPU condition. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of malicious IP packets that can cause connections to be created on the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust CPU resources, resulting in a DoS condition during which traffic through the device could be delayed. This vulnerability applies to either IPv4 or IPv6 ingress traffic. This vulnerability affects Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software that is running on the following Cisco products: 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliances (ISA), ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliances (ASAv), Firepower 2100 Series Security Appliances, Firepower 4110 Security Appliances, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Modules. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf63718.

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Published Date :

April 19, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 15, 2023, 3:37 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-0228 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-0228 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software
2 Cisco firepower_threat_defense
3 Cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-0228.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104220 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040724 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-asa2 Mitigation Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-0228 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-0228 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:98.1(12.187):*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:98.1(12.187):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.9 from (excluding) 9.9.1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.9 from (excluding) 9.9.1
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.2 from (excluding) 9.2.4.27 OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.2 from (excluding) 9.2.4.27
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CWE NIST CWE-667
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Cisco Systems, Inc. CWE-20
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-399 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104220 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104220 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 No Types Assigned https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104220 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040724 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040724 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-asa2 No Types Assigned https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-asa2 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1 up to (excluding) 9.1.7.20 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.2 up to (excluding) 9.2.4.27 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.3 up to (excluding) 9.4.4.13 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.5 up to (excluding) 9.6.3.17 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.7 up to (excluding) 9.7.1.16 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.8 up to (excluding) 9.8.2.14 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.9 up to (excluding) 9.9.1 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:98.1\(12.187\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0 up to (excluding) 6.1.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2.0 up to (excluding) 6.2.0.5 *cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2.1 up to (excluding) 6.2.2.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040724 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-0228 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-0228 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-25: Forced Deadlock Forced Deadlock CAPEC-26: Leveraging Race Conditions Leveraging Race Conditions CAPEC-27: Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.40 }} -0.16%

score

0.70937

percentile

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