CVE-2019-1970 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA5.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SoftwareCisco Firepower Threat DefenseCisco Secure Firewall Management Center
Timeline
PublishedAug 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol inspection engine of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured file policies on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to errors when handling specific SSL/TLS messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets that would flow through an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5cisco/cisco_firepower_threat_defense_softwareunspecified — n/a

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h82c-2jx2-9fmm: A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol inspection engine of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) So↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software File Policy Bypass Vulnerability↗2019-08-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software File Policy Bypass Vulnerability↗2019-08-07
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