CVE-2018-0297

MEDIUM

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Access Control (AC) policy to block SSL traffic. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of TCP SSL packets received out of order. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSL connection through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass a configured SSL AC policy to block SSL traffic. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg09316.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104197

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0123
EPSS Percentile 64.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-693
Status published
Products (4)
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.0.0
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.1.0
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.2.0
cisco/firepower_threat_defense 6.2.2
Published May 17, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026