CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-3283

HighCVSS 8.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.96%

78th percentile - higher than 78% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS handler of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software on Firepower 1000 Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a DoS condition. The issue is due to a communication error between internal functions. An attacker could send a crafted SSL/TLS message, causing a buffer underrun and device crash, leading to reload.

Risk Assessment

The risk is potential denial of service, disrupting network and service availability.

Recommendation

Upgrade FTD software to patched versions and monitor SSL/TLS traffic for suspicious patterns.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) handler of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software when running on the Cisco Firepower 1000 Series platform could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a communication error between internal functions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSL/TLS message to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer underrun, which leads to a crash. The crash causes the affected device to reload.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS