CVE-2018-0281

MEDIUM

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center - Denial of Service via TLS Extension Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104096

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0145
EPSS Percentile 70.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-310 CWE-319
Status published
Products (5)
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center 6.1.0
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center 6.2.0
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center 6.2.1
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center 6.2.2
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center 6.2.3
Published May 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026