Cisco Firepower Threat Defense/ASA Access Control Policy resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and ASA. This affects an unknown part of the component Access Control Policy. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-6625. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and ASA (Firewall Software) (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Access Control Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

A "Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.0 through 6.2.2 and Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Module Denial of Service" vulnerability in the access control policy of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected system to stop inspecting and processing packets, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper SSL policy handling by the affected software when packets are passed through the sensing interfaces of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets through a targeted system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Firepower System Software that is configured with the SSL policy feature. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc84361.

The bug was discovered 05/03/2017. The weakness was shared 05/03/2017 as cisco-sa-20170503-ftd as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6625 since 03/09/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100425 (Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Module Improper SSL Policy Packet Handling DoS (cisco-sa-20170503-ftd)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (100425) and SecurityFocus (BID 98292†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 100425
Nessus Name: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Module Improper SSL Policy Packet Handling DoS (cisco-sa-20170503-ftd)
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Module Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/22/2020 +1307 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170503-ftd
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6625 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6625
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100839
SecurityFocus: 98292 - Cisco Firepower System Software CVE-2016-6368 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6625 - Cisco - Firepower Threat Defense - Medium
SecurityTracker: 1038397

Entryinfo

Created: 05/04/2017 08:31
Updated: 12/22/2020 11:39
Changes: 05/04/2017 08:31 (78), 12/22/2020 11:39 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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