CVE-2018-0272 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 vulnerabil...
MediumCVSS 5.9
EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cisco firepower | = 6.2.1 | No fix listed |
| cisco firepower | = 6.2.2.1 | No fix listed |
References
- 103925 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- tools.cisco.com mitigation vendor-advisory