CVE-2018-15443

Description

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) rule that inspects certain types of TCP traffic. The vulnerability is due to incorrect TCP retransmission handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted TCP connection request through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured IPS rules and allow uninspected traffic onto the network.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.778

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco Firepower Detection Engine TCP Intrusion Prevention System Rule Bypass Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual ApplianceNCM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability (CVE-2018-15443)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1705938Security Update for Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Appliance 6.1.0.1

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234