Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-15462
A vulnerability in the TCP ingress handler for the data interfaces that are configured with management access to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an increase in CPU and memory usage, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient ingress TCP rate limiting for TCP ports 22 (SSH) and 443 (HTTPS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted, steady stream of TCP traffic to port 22 or 443 on the data interfaces that are configured with management access to the affected device.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2018-15462
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-15462
0.18%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 54 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-15462
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.8
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
10.0
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6.9
|
NIST | |
7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
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3.6
|
NIST | |
8.6
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
|
4.0
|
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-15462
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Assigned by: ykramarz@cisco.com (Secondary)
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The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-15462
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https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-firepower-dos
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software TCP Ingress Handler Denial of Service VulnerabilityVendor Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108178
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software CVE-2018-15462 Denial of Service Vulnerability
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