SB2022042816 - Denial of service in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Published: April 28, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022042816
Severity
High
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) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20751)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient memory management for certain Snort events. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted IP packet and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.