#VU7678 Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2017-6766

 

#VU7678 Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2017-6766

Published: August 3, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7678
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6766
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Decryption and Inspection feature of Cisco Firepower System Software due to unexpected interaction with Known Key and Decrypt and Resign configuration settings of SSL policies. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted SSL packet through an affected device in a valid SSL session and bypass the SSL decryption and inspection policy.

Remediation

The vulnerability is fixed in version 6.1.0.5.

External links