PT-2021-1631 · Cisco · Cisco Firepower Management Center

Published 2021-01-13 · Updated 2024-11-26 · CVE-2021-1267

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description: The issue is related to improper handling of XML entities, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this by crafting an XML-based widget on the affected server, potentially causing increased memory and CPU utilization.

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

XML Entity Expansion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-776

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-00287

CVE-2021-1267

Affected Products

Cisco Firepower Management Center

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1267 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00287 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-xee-DFzARDcs · Vendor Advisory