SB2019100810 - Resource exhaustion in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance
Published: October 8, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019100810
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12700)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in the context of user session management. A remote authenticated attacker can connect to an affected system, perform many simultaneous successful Secure Shell (SSH) logins, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.