Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
CVE-2020-3585
A vulnerability in the TLS handler of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Firepower 1000 Series firewalls could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of countermeasures against the Bleichenbacher attack for cipher suites that rely on RSA for key exchange. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted TLS messages to the device, which would act as an oracle and allow the attacker to carry out a chosen-ciphertext attack. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform cryptanalytic operations that may allow decryption of previously captured TLS sessions to the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to perform both of the following actions: Capture TLS traffic that is in transit between clients and the affected device Actively establish a considerable number of TLS connections to the affected device
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
- 5.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-203
- Assigned by
- psirt@cisco.com
Dates
- Published
- 2020-10-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-11
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.4.0.10
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense6.5.0 - 6.5.0.5, 6.6.0 - 6.6.1
- Cisco Firepower 1000all versions
- Cisco Firepower 1010all versions
- Cisco Firepower 1120all versions
- Cisco Firepower 1140all versions
- Cisco Firepower 1150all versions
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software- 9.13.1.13, 9.14 - 9.14.1.30
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.