Authentication Bypass in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software (CVE-2017-3867)
Summary
Authentication bypass in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software (CVE-2017-3867). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the access control list (ACL) for specific TCP and UDP traffic. More Information: CSCvc68229. Known Affected Releases: 9.6(2). Known Fixed Releases: 99.1(20.1) 99.1(10.2) 98.1(12.7) 98.1(1.49) 97.1(6.58) 97.1(0.134) 96.2(0.109) 9.7(1.1) 9.6(2.99) 9.6(2.8).
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-3867 has been found in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2017-3867" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-3867 (Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software) — CWE-287 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Authentication bypass (CWE-287) exists in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch tools.cisco.com
- web securitytracker.com