Cisco ASA/Firepower Threat Defense FTP Inspection Engine FTP Traffic input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component FTP Inspection Engine. The manipulation as part of FTP Traffic leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-12673. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense (Firewall Software) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component FTP Inspection Engine. The manipulation as part of a FTP Traffic leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the FTP inspection engine of Cisco Adaptive Security (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of FTP data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious FTP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

The weakness was published 10/02/2019 as cisco-sa-20191002-asa-dos as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-12673 since 06/04/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/29/2023).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/04/2019 🔍
10/02/2019 +120 days 🔍
10/03/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/29/2023 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20191002-asa-dos
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-12673 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-12673
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-142835
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/03/2019 09:53
Updated: 12/29/2023 15:52
Changes: 10/03/2019 09:53 (41), 09/19/2020 18:26 (18), 12/29/2023 15:52 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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