CVE-2023-20246

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort access control policies that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs when the access control policies are being populated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing a connection to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured access control rules on the affected system.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-snort3acp-bypass-3bdR2BEh	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:snort:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-11-01 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-06 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-20246

Mitre link : CVE-2023-20246

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-20246

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cisco

firepower_threat_defense
ios_xe

snort

snort

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

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