Business Logic Errors in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2023-20177

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Business Logic Errors in Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) - CVE-2023-20177

Published: November 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82664
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20177
CWE-ID: CWE-840
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the a logic error when SSL/TLS connection is configured with a URL Category and the Snort 3 detection engine. A remote attacker can trigger an unexpected reload of the Snort 3 detection engine and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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