CVE-2022-20940 — Observable Discrepancy in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 15
Latest updateNov 16
Description
A vulnerability in the TLS handler of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
This vulnerability is due to improper implementation of countermeasures against a Bleichenbacher attack on a device that uses SSL decryption policies. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted TLS messages to an affected device, which would act as an oracle and allow the attacker to carry out a chosen-ci…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages2 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-xqwj-v278-6v7x: A vulnerability in the TLS handler of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to↗2022-11-16
CVEList▶
CVE-2022-20940: A vulnerability in the TLS handler of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to↗2022-11-10
📋Vendor Advisories
1Cisco▶
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL Decryption Policy Bleichenbacher Attack Vulnerability↗2022-11-09