Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
CVE-2018-0283
A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to restart an instance of the Snort detection engine on an affected device, resulting in a brief denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of Transport Layer Security (TLS) TCP connection setup for the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted TLS traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort detection engine on the affected device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg99327.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center — versions 6.1.0, 6.2.0, 6.2.2
- Cisco Firepower System Software — versions Cisco Firepower System Software
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104121 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-0283?
- CVE-2018-0283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2018-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2018-0283?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.