SB2022012417 - Denial of service in Snort
Published: January 24, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022012417
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20685)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the Modbus preprocessor. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic through an affected system, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.