CVE-2022-20940Observable Discrepancy in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

NVDcisco/firepower_threat_defense6.2.36.2.3.18+16

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
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 to2022-11-16
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 to2022-11-10

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL Decryption Policy Bleichenbacher Attack Vulnerability2022-11-09
CVE-2022-20940 — Observable Discrepancy in Cisco | cvebase