Medium severity · published Nov 1, 2023
CVE-2023-20071
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an…
5.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to a flaw in the FTP module of the Snort detection engine. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted FTP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass FTP inspection and deliver a malicious payload.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CV
Cyber Vision · Cisco
before 4.1.3 · source: NVD
MM
Meraki MX Security Appliance Firmware · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
before 6.4.0.17; 6.5.0 before 7.0.6; 7.1.0 before 7.2.4; 7.3.0 before 7.3.1.2; 6.7.0 before 7.0.5; 7.1.0 before 7.1.0.3; +1 more · source: NVD
UT
Unified Threat Defense · Cisco
17.3 before 17.3.8; 17.6 before 17.6.6; 17.9 before 17.9.4; 17.11 before 17.11.1a; 17.12 before 17.12.1a · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20071
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20071
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort-ftd-zXYtnjOM
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