Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software HTTP Filtering Bypass Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20190816-ftd-http)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128112

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software is affected by a vulnerability in the HTTP traffic filtering component due to improper handling of HTTP requests.
An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an affected device, which would allow them to bypass filtering and deliver malicious requests that would otherwise be blocked.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvj19544 and CSCvq07297

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?05bdcc96

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvj19544

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq07297

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128112

File Name: cisco-sa-20190816-ftd-http.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/23/2019

Updated: 3/31/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/ASA, Host/Cisco/ASA/model, Host/Cisco/show_ver

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1982

CWE: 264

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190816-ftd-http

IAVA: 2019-A-0305-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvj19544, CSCvq07297