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CVE-2022-20928 A vulnerability in the authentication and authorization flows for VPN connections in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance…

Description

A vulnerability in the authentication and authorization flows for VPN connections in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to establish a connection as a different user. This vulnerability is due to a flaw in the authorization verifications during the VPN authentication flow. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted packet during a VPN authentication. The attacker must have valid credentials to establish a VPN connection. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to establish a VPN connection with access privileges from a different user.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.17 9.17.1 → 9.17.1.7 No fix stated
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 9.16.1 → 9.16.2.14 No fix stated
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.15 9.15.1 → 9.15.1.21 No fix stated
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.14 9.14.1 → 9.14.4.6 No fix stated
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.12 9.12.1 → 9.12.4.39 No fix stated
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.8 9.8.1 → 9.8.4.45 No fix stated
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.1 7.1.0 → 7.1.0.2 No fix stated
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.0 7.0.0 → 7.0.1.1 No fix stated
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.7 6.7.0 → 6.7.0.3 No fix stated
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.6 6.6.0 → 6.6.5.2 No fix stated
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.4 6.4.0 → 6.4.0.14 No fix stated
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.2 6.2.3 → 6.2.3.18 No fix stated
Cisco FirePOWER Services Software for ASA Versions not published

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