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Medium · 5.8 Public exploit CVE-2019-1978 EUVD-2019-10535GHSA-9jmf-g2f7-v2ph

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Stream Reassembly Bypass Vulnerability

Published Nov 5, 2019 · Updated Nov 19, 2024 · Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the stream reassembly component of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, Cisco FirePOWER Services Software for ASA, and Cisco Firepower Management Center Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass filtering protections. The vulnerability is due to improper reassembly of traffic streams. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted streams through an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass filtering and deliver malicious requests to protected systems that would otherwise be blocked.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software unspecified – < n/a n/a

Public exploits

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