VDB-134348 · CVE-2019-1704 · BID 108171

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Server Message Block resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Server Message Block. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-1704. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (Firewall Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Server Message Block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol preprocessor detection engine for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent or remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2019. The weakness was presented 05/03/2019 as cisco-sa-20190501-frpwr-smb-sn as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-1704 since 12/06/2018. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/12/2023).

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.

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

See VDB-134343 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/06/2018 🔍
05/01/2019 +146 days 🔍
05/03/2019 +2 days 🔍
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09/12/2023 +1593 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20190501-frpwr-smb-sn
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-1704 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-1704
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134348
SecurityFocus: 108171

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/03/2019 22:09
Updated: 09/12/2023 09:21
Changes: 05/03/2019 22:09 (58), 06/06/2020 15:56 (1), 09/12/2023 09:16 (3), 09/12/2023 09:21 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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