Security Advisory

CVE-2018-0272

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-04-19 20:00:00
Last updated 2024-11-29 15:14:35
Assigner cisco
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling while processing SSL traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large volume of crafted SSL traffic to the vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to degrade the device performance by triggering a persistent high CPU utilization condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh89340.