CVE-2018-15458

Cisco Firepower Management Center Disk Utilization Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Jan 10, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the Shell Access Filter feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC), when used in conjunction with remote authentication, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high disk utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability occurs because the configuration of the Shell Access Filter, when used with a specific type of remote authentication, can cause a system file to have unbounded writes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of remote authentication requests to the appliance when the specific configuration is applied. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to increase the size of a system log file so that it consumes most of the disk space. The lack of available disk space could lead to a DoS condition in which the device functions could operate abnormally, making the device unstable.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7336 A vulnerability in the Shell Access Filter feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC), when used in conjunction with remote authentication, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high disk utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability occurs because the configuration of the Shell Access Filter, when used with a specific type of remote authentication, can cause a system file to have unbounded writes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a steady stream of remote authentication requests to the appliance when the specific configuration is applied. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to increase the size of a system log file so that it consumes most of the disk space. The lack of available disk space could lead to a DoS condition in which the device functions could operate abnormally, making the device unstable.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco secure Firewall Management Center
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco firepower Management Center
Cisco secure Firewall Management Center
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Nov 19, 2024, 7:18 PM
Reserved
Aug 17, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 10, 2019, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:42 AM