Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Security Bypass Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 124773

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software is affected by a security bypass vulnerability. A flaw exists in the data acquisition component due to improperly handling system memory when inspecting traffic. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, to cause the process to stop responding.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID(s) CSCvo02577.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d563820a

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvo02577

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124773

File Name: cisco-sa-20190123-firepowertds-bypass.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 5/10/2019

Updated: 10/30/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1669

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:firepower, cpe:/a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA, Host/Cisco/ASA/model, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1669

BID: 106721