5.3Medium

Cisco Firepower Services Software For Asa

CVE-2019-1980

A vulnerability in the protocol detection component of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, Cisco FirePOWER Services Software for ASA, and Cisco Firepower Management Center Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass filtering protections. The vulnerability is due to improper detection of the initial use of a protocol on a nonstandard port. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic on a nonstandard port for the protocol in use through an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass filtering and deliver malicious requests to protected systems that would otherwise be blocked. Once the initial protocol flow on the nonstandard port is detected, future flows on the nonstandard port will be successfully detected and handled as configured by the applied policy.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Cisco Firepower Services Software For Asa. 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

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Firepower Services Software For Asa, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
5.3 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-264
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2019-11-05
Last modified
2026-08-11
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Firepower Services Software For Asaall versions
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center2.9.12 - 2.9.12.15, 2.9.13 - 2.9.13.6, 2.9.14.0 - 2.9.14.5, 2.9.15, 2.9.16
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defenseall versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References