Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-15462 (CCN-160428)

Assigned:2018-08-17
Published:2019-05-01
Updated:2019-10-03
Summary:A vulnerability in the TCP ingress handler for the data interfaces that are configured with management access to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an increase in CPU and memory usage, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient ingress TCP rate limiting for TCP ports 22 (SSH) and 443 (HTTPS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted, steady stream of TCP traffic to port 22 or 443 on the data interfaces that are configured with management access to the affected device.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
8.6 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
7.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-770
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-15462

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
108178

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cisco-cve201815462-dos(160428)

Source: CCN
Type: Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20190501-firepower-dos
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software TCP Ingress Handler Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CISCO
Type: Vendor Advisory
20190501 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software TCP Ingress Handler Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 6.2.3.12)
  • OR cpe:/a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 6.3.0 and < 6.3.0.3)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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