#VU47947 Resource exhaustion in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)


Published: 2020-10-21 | Updated: 2020-10-27

Vulnerability identifier: #VU47947

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3533

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)
Hardware solutions / Security hardware applicances

Vendor: 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 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) input packet processor. A remote attacker can send a high rate of SNMP requests to the SNMP daemon through the management interface on an affected devic, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD): 6.6.0


External links
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-snmp-dos-R8ENPbOs


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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