CVE-2018-0281: cisco secure_firewall_management_center Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-0281 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in cisco secure_firewall_management_center. EPSS estimates a 1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-05-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 29-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to restart an instance of the Snort detection engine on an affected device, resulting in a brief denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of a Transport Layer Security (TLS) extension during TLS connection setup for the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted TLS connection setup request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort detection engine on the affected device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg97808.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.
• CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationThe product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.