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Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Generic Routing Encapsulation DoS (cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM)
high Nessus Plugin ID 167271
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco FTD Software is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a crafted GRE payload through an affected device, to cause the affected device to restart.Please see the included Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwb66761See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 167271
File Name: cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 11/10/2022
Updated: 3/31/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
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-2022-20946
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:/o:cisco:firepower_threat_defense
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Firepower Threat Defense
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-20946