Denial of service in Cisco AMP for Endpoints

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU14172

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0397

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when the affected software is running in Block network conviction mode. A remote attacker can trigger the system that is running the affected software to start a server process and an address in the IP blacklist cache of the affected software to attempt to connect to the affected system to cause a kernel panic on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco AMP for Endpoints: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cisco_systems:cisco_amp_for_endpoints:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180801-fampmac

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.