Cisco Firepower Management Center SSH resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Firepower Threat Defense. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SSH. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-20854. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Firepower Threat Defense (Firewall Software) (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component SSH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was released 11/09/2022 as cisco-sa-fmc-dos-OwEunWJN. It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-20854 since 11/02/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/02/2021 🔍
11/09/2022 +372 days 🔍
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12/11/2022 +32 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-fmc-dos-OwEunWJN
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-20854 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-20854
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213291

Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2022 19:14
Updated: 12/11/2022 08:58
Changes: 11/09/2022 19:14 (39), 12/11/2022 08:57 (2), 12/11/2022 08:58 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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