Denial of service in Cisco Firepower Device Manager

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU52739

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1489

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in filesystem usage management. A remote administrator can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Firepower Device Manager: 6.2.2 - 6.7.0

Firepower 1000 Series Appliances: All versions

Firepower 2100 Series Security Appliance: All versions

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall: All versions

Cisco Firepower 9300 Security Appliance: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cisco_systems:cisco_firepower_device_manager:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cisco_systems:cisco_firepower_device_manager:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cisco_systems:cisco_firepower_device_manager:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:firepower_1000_series_appliances:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cisco_systems:firepower_2100_series_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_firepower_4100_series_next-generation_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:cisco_systems:cisco_firepower_9300_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fdm-dos-nFES8xTN

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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