Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
CVE-2018-15390
A vulnerability in the FTP inspection engine of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability exists because the affected software fails to release spinlocks when a device is running low on system memory, if the software is configured to apply FTP inspection and an access control rule to transit traffic, and the access control rule is associated with an FTP file policy. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of transit traffic through an affected device to cause a low-memory condition on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a software panic on the affected device, which could cause the device to reload and result in a temporary DoS condition.
What this means for your business
- It affects Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2018-10-05
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense6.2.3.0 - 6.2.3.4
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.