CVE-2022-20767 HIGH

CVE-2022-20767: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software DNS Enforcement Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Weakness CWE-399
Published May 3, 2022
Last update November 6, 2024

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Snort rule evaluation function of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the DNS reputation enforcement rule. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted UDP packets through an affected device to force a buildup of UDP connections. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause traffic that is going through the affected device to be dropped, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: This vulnerability only affects Cisco FTD devices that are running Snort 3.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 3, 2022 CVE published
November 6, 2024 Record updated

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