CVE-2019-1705

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 3, 2019 at 04:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:29 AM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorAdaptive Security ApplianceAsa 5525-XAsa 5555-X

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the remote access VPN session manager of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow a unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the remote access VPN services. The vulnerability is due to an issue with the remote access VPN session manager. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by requesting an excessive number of remote access VPN sessions. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.10.1.17v < 9.4.4.34v < 9.6.4.25v < 9.8.4v < 9.9.2.509.10 ≤ v < 9.10.1.179.4 ≤ v < 9.4.4.349.5 ≤ v < 9.6.4.259.7 ≤ v < 9.8.49.9 ≤ v < 9.9.2.50
Affected range stops below 9.10.1.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.4.4.34, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.6.4.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.8.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.9.2.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-asa-5506-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5506h-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5506w-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5508-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5516-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5525-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5545-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5555-x (environment)
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Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMcisco
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-404

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