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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Remote Access SSL VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability

<p>A vulnerability in the remote access SSL VPN features of Cisco&nbsp;Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco&nbsp;Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.</p>
<p>This vulnerability is due to improper validation of errors that are logged as a result of client connections that are made using remote access VPN. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition.</p>
<p>Cisco&nbsp;has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.</p>
<p>This advisory is available at the following link:<br><a href="https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-dos-tL4uA4AA">https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-dos-tL4uA4AA</a></p>
<p>This advisory is part of the April 2022 release of the Cisco&nbsp;ASA, FTD, and FMC Security Advisory Bundled publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see <a href="https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74836">Cisco&nbsp;Event Response: April 2022 Cisco&nbsp;ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication</a>.</p>

     
         
Security Impact Rating:  High
   
   
       
CVE: CVE-2022-20715
Source: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Remote Access SSL VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability (https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-dos-tL4uA4AA?vs_f=Cisco%20Security%20Advisory&vs_cat=Security%20Intelligence&vs_type=RSS&vs_p=Cisco%20Adaptive%20Security%20Appliance%20Software%20and%20Firepower%20Threat%20Defense%20Software%20Remote%20Access%20SSL%20VPN%20Denial%20of%20Service%20Vulnerability&vs_k=1)