Resource exhaustion in Cisco Firepower Management Center
CVE-2019-12700
A vulnerability in the configuration of the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) used in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software, Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software, and Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper resource management in the context of user session management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an affected system and performing many simultaneous successful Secure Shell (SSH) logins. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system resources and cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs valid user credentials on the system.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions unspecified
- Cisco Firepower 1000
- Cisco Firepower 2100
- Cisco Firepower 9300
- Cisco Firepower 9300 Firmware — versions r114, r241
- Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense
- Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191002… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12700?
- CVE-2019-12700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-02.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12700?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.