SB2022042813 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software



SB2022042813 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

Published: April 28, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022042813
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Improper control of a resource through its lifetime (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20748)

CWE-ID: CWE-664 - Improper control of a resource through its lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient error handling in the local malware analysis process. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20746)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: 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:Amber


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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the TCP proxy functionality. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.