A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103925 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-firepower | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2018-04-19T20:00:00
Updated: 2018-04-20T09:57:01
Reserved: 2017-11-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-0272
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-04-19T20:29:01.643
Modified: 2019-10-09T23:31:36.973
Link: CVE-2018-0272
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