Cisco Firepower Services Software For Asa
CVE-2019-1981
A vulnerability in the normalization functionality 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 insufficient normalization of a text-based payload. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic that contains specifically obfuscated payloads through an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass filtering and deliver malicious payloads to protected systems that would otherwise be blocked.
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
- 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.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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.