Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw can let a remote, unauthenticated attacker disrupt Cisco Firepower traffic inspection by causing the Snort process to restart through malformed SSL traffic. The business risk is loss of inspection availability: traffic may be dropped or pass without inspection depending on device behavior. Exposure is most likely in environments using Cisco Firepower System Software to inspect SSL traffic, especially where untrusted or internet-originated SSL flows reach the detection engine. The provided sources do not identify exact vulnerable versions, so product inventory must be checked against Cisco guidance. Treat as a priority for perimeter and critical network inspection devices. It is not confirmed exploited in the provided sources, but unauthenticated remote DoS against security inspection can weaken visibility or disrupt traffic. Mitigation focus: Review Cisco advisory cisco-sa-20180711-firepwr-ssl-dos for affected releases and fixed software.; Apply vendor-supported updates or mitigations specified by Cisco.; Prioritize Firepower devices inspecting untrusted SSL traffic..
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- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180711-firepwr-ssl-dosCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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