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CVE-2018-0272

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CVE-2018-0272

Published: Apr 19, 2018

Modified: Nov 29, 2024

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.

VendorProductVersions

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Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

affected
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

Weaknesses (CWE)

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