CVE-2020-3577

Description

A vulnerability in the ingress packet processing path of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for interfaces that are configured either as Inline Pair or in Passive mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation when Ethernet frames are processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious Ethernet frames through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker do either of the following: Fill the /ngfw partition on the device: A full /ngfw partition could result in administrators being unable to log in to the device (including logging in through the console port) or the device being unable to boot up correctly. Note: Manual intervention is required to recover from this situation. Customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to help recover a device in this condition. Cause a process crash: The process crash would cause the device to reload. No manual intervention is necessary to recover the device after the reload.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.4
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.101

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Inline Pair/Passive Mode Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SoftwareNCM
Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3577)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706067Security Update for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Gibraltar-16.12.5

References

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