SB2019011012 - Denial of service in Cisco Firepower Management Center

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SB2019011012 - Denial of service in Cisco Firepower Management Center

Published: January 10, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019011012
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15458)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The vulnerability exists due to the configuration of the Shell Access Filter, when used with a specific type of remote authentication, can cause a system file to have unbounded writes. A remote attacker can send a steady stream of remote authentication requests to the appliance when the specific configuration is applied, increase the size of a system log file so that it consumes most of the disk space and cause a DoS condition in which the device functions could operate abnormally, making the device unstable.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References