CVE-2019-1715 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Low-Entropy Keys Vulnerability
Insufficient entropy in key generation allows attackers to discover private keys, enabling traffic decryption and device impersonation on Cisco ASA and FTD devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-1715?
CVE-2019-1715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, published on 3 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the Deterministic Random Bit Generator (DRBG), also known as Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG), used in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a cryptographic collision, enabling the attacker to discover the private key of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient entropy in the DRBG when generating cryptographic keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a large number of cryptographic keys on an affected device and looking for collisions with target devices. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate an affected target device or to decrypt traffic secured by an affected key that is sent to or from an affected target device.
Weakness: CWE-332
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1715?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Device Manager, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1715?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-1715 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1715 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f5gw-c8rq-f9v2.