Resource management error in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2022-20949

 

Resource management error in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2022-20949

Published: November 10, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69205
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20949
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application in the management web server. A remote administrator can send specially crafted messages to the affected HTTPS handler and perform configuration changes on the affected system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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