Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software DoS (cisco-sa-asa-ftd-ospf-dos-RhMQY8qx)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138893

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) is affected by a vulnerability in the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) implementation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending malformed packets to cause the device to stop responding.

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

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvs50459.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?de2dc268

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs50459

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138893

File Name: cisco-sa-asa-ftd-ospf-dos-RhMQY8qx-ftd.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/24/2020

Updated: 3/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3298

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Firepower Threat Defense, Host/Cisco/Firepower

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3298

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-asa-ftd-ospf-dos-RhMQY8qx

IAVA: 2020-A-0205-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvs50459