SB2022012420 - Denial of service in Cisco UTD Snort detection engine

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SB2022012420 - Denial of service in Cisco UTD Snort detection engine

Published: January 24, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022012420
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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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.

References