CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-20407

MediumCVSS 5.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the interaction between the TCP Intercept feature and the Snort 3 detection engine on Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies. The issue is due to a logic error when handling embryonic (half-open) TCP connections. Devices configured with Snort 2 are not affected.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could send crafted traffic through the device, allowing unintended traffic to enter the protected network, bypassing security policies.

Recommendation

Apply updates provided by Cisco for FTD Software. Consider temporarily using Snort 2 if possible until patches are deployed.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the interaction between the TCP Intercept feature and the Snort 3 detection engine on Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies on an affected system. Devices that are configured with Snort 2 are not affected by this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to a logic error when handling embryonic (half-open) TCP connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted traffic pattern through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow unintended traffic to enter the network protected by the affected device.

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