TL;DR 📌
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the web services interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has released software updates to address this issue, and there are no workarounds available.
What happened 🕵️♂️
A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exploit a buffer overflow condition. This occurs due to insufficient boundary checks for specific data provided to the web services interface. An attacker could send a crafted HTTP request to the affected system, leading to a system reload and resulting in a denial of service (DoS).