High severity · published Oct 23, 2024
CVE-2024-20342
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Rate Filter Bypass Vulnerability
8.6
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the rate filtering feature of the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured rate limiting filter.
This vulnerability is due to an incorrect connection count comparison. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic through an affected device at a rate that exceeds a configured rate filter. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to successfully bypass the rate filter. This could allow unintended traffic to enter the network protected by the affected device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CF
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software · Cisco
7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.1; 7.1.0; 7.0.1.1; 7.1.0.1; +26 more · source: vendor
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
before 7.0.6.2; 7.2.0 before 7.2.6; 7.4.0 before 7.4.2; 7.1.0; 7.3.0 · source: NVD
SN
Snort · Cisco
3.0.0.0 before 3.1.74.0 · source: NVD
FT
Firepower Threat Defense Software · Cisco
6.7.0 through 7.4.1.1 · source: CISA
Affected product
CF
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20342
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20342
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort-rf-bypass-OY8f3pnM
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