CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-0272

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.9 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-firepower Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103925 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower:6.2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-04-19 08:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 11:31

NVD link : CVE-2018-0272

Mitre link : CVE-2018-0272

Products Affected

Cisco

Firepower

CWE
CWE-755