CVE-2020-3562 Cisco Firepower 2100 Series SSL/TLS Inspection Denial of Service Vulnerability

High 8.6 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Firepower 2100 firewalls by sending malformed SSL/TLS messages, requiring a software patch.

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-2020-3562?

CVE-2020-3562 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, published on 21 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS inspection of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Firepower 2100 Series firewalls could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation for certain fields of specific SSL/TLS messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed SSL/TLS message through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. No manual intervention is needed to recover the device after it has reloaded.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3562?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3562?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3562 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-3562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7w24-j6h3-j26f.

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