SB2021042910 - Denial of service in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Published: April 29, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021042910
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) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1402)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the software-based SSL/TLS message handler. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted SSL/TLS message, trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.