Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL Decryption Policy Denial of Service Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the software-based SSL/TLS message handler of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of SSL/TLS messages when the device performs software-based SSL decryption. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSL/TLS message through an affected device. SSL/TLS messages sent to an affected device do not trigger this vulnerability. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a process to crash. This crash would then trigger a reload of the device. No manual intervention is needed to recover the device after the reload. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is part of the April 2021 Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: April 2021 Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74594"].
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-1402US | high8.6 | — | ||
A vulnerability in the software-based SSL/TLS message handler of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload o… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- CSCvx86231external
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL Decryption Policy Denial of Service Vulnerabilityself
- Cisco Security Vulnerability Policyexternal
- considering software upgradesexternal
- Cisco Event Response: April 2021 Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publicationexternal
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/end-user-license-agreement.htmlexternal
- end of software maintenanceexternal
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/web/tsd-cisco-worldwide-contacts.htmlexternal
remediations (1)
- FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
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