PT-2018-8638 · Cisco · Cisco Firepower System

Published 2018-02-08 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-0138

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Firepower System Software (affected versions not specified)

Description: A vulnerability in the detection engine could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass file policies configured to block files transmitted via the BitTorrent protocol. The issue exists because the software does not correctly detect BitTorrent handshake messages. An attacker could exploit this by sending a crafted BitTorrent connection request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass file policies for files transmitted via the BitTorrent protocol.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-693

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-0138

Affected Products

Cisco Firepower System

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-fss · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0138 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102978 · Note