Improper input validation in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2018-0283

 

Improper input validation in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2018-0283

Published: May 7, 2018 / Updated: May 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12385
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0283
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists in the detection engine due to the incorrect handling of Transport Layer Security (TLS) TCP connection setup. A remote attacker can send specially crafted TLS traffic and cause the service to crash.



How to mitigate CVE-2018-0283

Update to version 6.2.2.2.

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