Cisco ASA/Firepower Threat Defense Detection Engine Ethernet Packet access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense. Affected is an unknown function of the component Detection Engine. Such manipulation as part of Ethernet Packet leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-1695. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense (Firewall Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Detection Engine. The manipulation as part of a Ethernet Packet leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to send data directly to the kernel of an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the software improperly filters Ethernet frames sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the Layer 2 (L2) filters and send data directly to the kernel of the affected device. A malicious frame successfully delivered would make the target device generate a specific syslog entry.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2019. The weakness was disclosed 05/03/2019 as cisco-sa-20190501-asa-ftd-bypa as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-1695 since 12/06/2018. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/12/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316441 (Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Layer 2 Filtering Bypass Vulnerability(cisco-sa-20190501-asa-ftd-bypass)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Firewall Software

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• Cisco

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• ASA
• Firepower Threat Defense

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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