CVE-2022-20943

Published Nov 10, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Server Message Block Version 2 (SMB2) processor of the Snort detection engine on multiple Cisco products could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

These vulnerabilities are due to improper management of system resources when the Snort detection engine is processing SMB2 traffic. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a high rate of certain types of SMB2 packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of the Snort process, resulting in a DoS condition.

Note: When the snort preserve-connection option is enabled for the Snort detection engine, a successful exploit could also allow the attacker to bypass the configured policies and deliver a malicious payload to the protected network. The snort preserve-connection setting is enabled by default. See the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory for more information.

Note: Only products that have Snort 3 configured are affected. Products that are configured with Snort 2 are not affected.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-26193 Multiple vulnerabilities in the Server Message Block Version 2 (SMB2) processor of the Snort detection engine on multiple Cisco products could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to improper management of system resources when the Snort detection engine is processing SMB2 traffic. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a high rate of certain types of SMB2 packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of the Snort process, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: When the snort preserve-connection option is enabled for the Snort detection engine, a successful exploit could also allow the attacker to bypass the configured policies and deliver a malicious payload to the protected network. The snort preserve-connection setting is enabled by default. See the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory for more information. Note: Only products that have Snort 3 configured are affected. Products that are configured with Snort 2 are not affected.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco firepower Threat Defense
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 2:31 AM
Reserved
Nov 2, 2021, 1:28 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 15, 2022, 9:15 PM
Modified
Aug 11, 2026, 7:33 PM