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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106183
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160817-asa-snmp)
Summary:A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol; (SNMP) code of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated,; remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) code of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated,
remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow in the affected
code area. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SNMP packets to the
affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code and obtain full
control of the system or to cause a reload of the affected system. The attacker must know the
SNMP community string to exploit this vulnerability.

Note: Only traffic directed to the affected system can be used to exploit this vulnerability.
This vulnerability affects systems configured in routed and transparent firewall mode only and in
single or multiple context mode. This vulnerability can be triggered by IPv4 traffic only. The
attacker requires knowledge of the configured SNMP community string in SNMP version 1 and SNMP
version 2c or a valid username and password for SNMP version 3.

Solution:
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
8.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6366
BugTraq ID: 92521
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92521
Cisco Security Advisory: 20160817 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-asa-snmp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40258/
https://github.com/offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/40258.zip
https://zerosum0x0.blogspot.com/2016/09/reverse-engineering-cisco-asa-for.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036637
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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