Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in the VPN and management web servers of the Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the virtual devices to run out of system memory, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper memory management for new incoming SSL/TLS connections on the virtual platforms."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Virtual Appliance
Target Asset Cisco ASAv/FTDv Firmware Image
Standard Path Global Firmware
Manual Verification Required
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Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
High
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2024-20260: Cisco ASAv/FTDv vulnerability causing DoS due to memory depletion, requiring firmware update and potential reboot.
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