CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-20270

MediumCVSS 5.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.67%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the interaction between the SMB protocol preprocessor and the Snort 3 detection engine in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The issue is due to improper error-checking when processing SMB traffic. An attacker could exploit this by sending a crafted SMB packet stream, potentially causing the Snort process to reload and resulting in DoS.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential policy bypass and service disruption, which could lead to availability issues and compromised network protection.

Recommendation

Apply the latest software updates from Cisco that address this vulnerability and monitor Cisco security advisories for guidance.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the interaction between the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol preprocessor and the Snort 3 detection engine for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper error-checking when the Snort 3 detection engine is processing SMB traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SMB packet stream through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort process to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS