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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-3255

A vulnerability in the packet processing functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.80%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability in the packet processing functionality of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of IPv4 or IPv6 traffic through an affected device. This traffic would need to match a configured block action in an access control policy. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a memory exhaustion condition on the affected device, which would result in a DoS for traffic transiting the device, as well as sluggish performance of the management interface. Once the flood is stopped, performance should return to previous states.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.80% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
cisco/secure firewall threat defense · cisco/asa 5505 firmware · cisco/asa 5510 firmware · cisco/asa 5512-x firmware · cisco/asa 5515-x firmware · cisco/asa 5520 firmware · cisco/asa 5525-x firmware · cisco/asa 5540 firmware · cisco/asa 5545-x firmware · cisco/asa 5550 firmware · cisco/asa 5555-x firmware · cisco/asa 5580 firmware · cisco/asa 5585-x firmware
Source
psirt@cisco.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.