CVE-2020-3557 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2020-3557 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 21/10/2020 | CVE Updated: 13/11/2024 | CVE Year: 2020
Source: cisco | Vendor: Cisco | Product: Cisco Firepower Management Center
Status : PUBLISHED

CVE-2020-3557 Description

A vulnerability in the host input API daemon of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper certificate validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted data stream to the host input daemon of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the host input daemon to restart. The attacker could use repeated attacks to cause the daemon to continuously reload, creating a DoS condition for the API.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 5.3 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* LOW

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-295
CWE Name: CWE-295
Source: Cisco

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).