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Vulnerability Intelligence Report

CVE-2018-0231

A vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) library of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of the affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious TLS message to an interface enabled for Secure Layer Socket (SSL) services on an affected device. Messages using SSL Version 3 (SSLv3) or SSL Version 2 (SSLv2) cannot be be used to exploit this vulnerability. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer underflow, triggering a crash on an affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco ASA Software and Cisco FTD Software that is running on the following Cisco products: Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv), Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv), Firepower 2100 Series Security Appliance. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve18902, CSCve34335, CSCve38446.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
8.6
HIGH
EPSS Probability:4.60%
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Attack Surface
Authentication
Weaponization
SSVC Action

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.8\(1\), 98.1\(1.154\)
cisco firepower_threat_defense all

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
4.600%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityCisco Systems, Inc. · Hosted Service · USA
Reserved2017-11-27T00:00:00
Published2018-04-19T20:00:00
Patch Date2018-04-19
Last Updated2024-11-29T15:18:17

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