vulnerability

Cisco FTD: CVE-2023-20267: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Snort 3 Geolocation IP Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 1, 2023
Added
Jan 29, 2025
Modified
Jan 19, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the IP geolocation rules of Snort 3 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to potentially bypass IP address restrictions. This vulnerability exists because the configuration for IP geolocation rules is not parsed properly. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by spoofing an IP address until they bypass the restriction. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass location-based IP address restrictions.

Solution

cisco-ftd-upgrade-latest
Title
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