#VU69242 Resource exhaustion in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) and Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2022-20854
Published: November 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69242
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20854
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the processing of SSH connections. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.