Cisco Addresses Critical Vulnerabilities - 20241025001¶
Overview¶
The WA SOC has been made aware to critical vulnerabilities affecting Cisco systems that could enable an authenticated remote attacker to execute operating system commands with root privileges.
What is vulnerable?¶
| Product(s) Affected | Version(s) | CVE | CVSS | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) | all versions \<= 7.4.2 | CVE-2024-20424 | 9.9 | Critical |
| Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) | all versions \<= 9.18.3.56 | CVE-2024-20329 | 9.9 | Critical |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) | all versions \<= 7.4.1.1 | CVE-2024-20412 | 9.3 | Critical |
What has been observed?¶
There is no evidence of exploitation affecting Western Australian Government networks at the time of publishing.
Recommendation¶
The WA SOC recommends administrators apply the solutions as per vendor instructions to all affected devices within expected timeframe of 48 hours... (refer Patch Management):
- Cisco advisory CVE-2024-20424: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ssh-rce-gRAuPEUF
- Cisco advisory CVE-2024-20329: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-cmd-inj-v3AWDqN7
- Cisco advisory CVE-2024-20412: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-statcred-dFC8tXT5