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CVE-2023-20270

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.8 Published: 2023-11-01 Modified: 2026-08-11

Description

A vulnerability in the interaction between the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol preprocessor and the Snort 3 detection engine for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper error-checking when the Snort 3 detection engine is processing SMB traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SMB packet stream through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort process to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Affected Platforms

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

Weakness Type

CWE-20, NVD-CWE-noinfo

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