CVE-2018-0272

Medium

Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Firepower
PublishedApr 19, 2018
First seenApr 19, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-399CWE-399

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco firepower6.2.1, 6.2.2.1—

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