SB2023110227 - Denial of service in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Firepower 2100 Series Firewalls



SB2023110227 - Denial of service in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Firepower 2100 Series Firewalls

Published: November 2, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023110227
Severity
High
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20244)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of certain packets when they are sent to the inspection engine. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.