CVE-2022-20854
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
Publication date:
15/11/2022
Last modified:
26/11/2024
Description
A vulnerability in the processing of SSH connections of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.<br />
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This vulnerability is due to improper error handling when an SSH session fails to be established. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted SSH connections to the instance. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause resource exhaustion, resulting in a reboot on the affected device.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.1.0 (including) | 6.1.0.7 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2.0 (including) | 6.2.0.6 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2.2 (including) | 6.2.2.5 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2.3 (including) | 6.2.3.18 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.3.0 (including) | 6.3.0.5 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.4.0 (including) | 6.4.0.15 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.5.0 (including) | 6.5.0.5 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7.0 (including) | 6.7.0.3 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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