CISCO-SA-SNORT-BYPASS-PTRY37FX
A vulnerability in the interaction between the TCP Intercept feature and the Snort 3 detection engine on Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies on an affected system. Devices that are configured with Snort 2 are not affected by this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to a logic error when handling embryonic (half-open) TCP connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted traffic pattern through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow unintended traffic to enter the network protected by the affected device. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is part of the October 2024 release of the Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: October 2024 Semiannual Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-75300"].
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 6.2.3.18 | ||
| 6.2.3.14 | ||
| 6.2.3.9 | ||
| 6.2.3.12 | ||
| 6.2.3.6 | ||
| 6.2.3.10 | ||
| Cisco | Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software | 7.2.4.1, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2 |
| 6.6.0 | ||
| 6.2.3.17 | ||
| 6.2.3.11 | ||
| 6.2.3.2 | ||
| 6.2.3.4 | ||
| 6.2.3.3 | ||
| 6.2.3.5 | ||
| 6.2.3.8 | ||
| 6.2.3 | ||
| 6.2.3.16 | ||
| 6.2.3.15 | ||
| 6.2.3.1 | ||
| 6.2.3.7 |
…and 2 more
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2024-20407 (circl-sighting)
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/softwarechecker.x (circl)
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/defense-center/products-installation-guides-list.html (circl)
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/secure-firewall-threat-defense/220415-determine-the-active-snort-version-that.html (circl)
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/630/configuration/guide/fpmc-config-guide-v63/threat_defense_service_policies.html#id_71090 (circl)
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/secure-firewall/management-center/device-config/720/management-center-device-config-72/access-service-policies.html#ID-2068-00000008 (circl)
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#fixes (circl)
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html (circl)
- https://www.cisco.com/go/psirt (circl)
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#asr (circl)
…and 7 more exploits
Timeline
- Oct 23, 2024 CVE Published
- Oct 23, 2024 PoC Published
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort-bypass-PTry37fX advisory
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-75300 url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/secure-firewall-threat-defense/220415-determine-the-active-snort-version-that.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/630/configuration/guide/fpmc-config-guide-v63/threat_defense_service_policies.html#id_71090 url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/secure-firewall/management-center/device-config/720/management-center-device-config-72/access-service-policies.html#ID-2068-00000008 url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#fixes url
- https://www.cisco.com/go/psirt url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/softwarechecker.x url
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html#asr url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/defense-center/products-installation-guides-list.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/compatibility/asamatrx.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/upgrade/asa-upgrade/planning.html url
- https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/secure-firewall/compatibility/threat-defense-compatibility.html url
- http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/psirt/security_vulnerability_policy.html url
- https://software.cisco.com fix