CVE-2018-0272

Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.9
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.404

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SSL Engine High CPU Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual ApplianceNCM
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0272)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1705938Security Update for Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance 6.1.0.1

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234