CVE-2023-20031

Summary

CVECVE-2023-20031
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-11-01 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the SSL/TLS certificate handling of Snort 3 Detection Engine integration with Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 detection engine to restart. This vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs when an SSL/TLS certificate that is under load is accessed when it is initiating an SSL connection. Under specific, time-based constraints, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of SSL/TLS connection requests to be inspected by the Snort 3 detection engine on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort 3 detection engine to reload, resulting in either a bypass or a denial of service (DoS) condition, depending on device configuration. The Snort detection engine will restart automatically. No manual intervention is required.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0.2 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0.3 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.0.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.1.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.2 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.2.1 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.3 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.4 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.5 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.2.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software SSL and Snort 3 Detection Engine Bypass and Denial of Service Vulnerability MISC sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317395 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Snort 3 Detection Engine Bypass and Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (cisco-sa-ftd-snort3-8U4HHxH8)

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