Cisco Firepower System Software Snort Detection Engine Server Message Block input validation
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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower System Software (Firewall Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Snort Detection Engine. The manipulation as part of a Server Message Block leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
A vulnerability in the SNORT detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a file policy that is configured to block the Server Message Block Version 2 (SMB2) protocol. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect detection of an SMB2 file when the detection is based on the length of the file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SMB2 transfer request through the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass filters that are configured to block SMB2 traffic. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve58398.
The bug was discovered 11/15/2017. The weakness was published 11/16/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20171115-firepower2 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-12300 since 08/03/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/23/2021).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Timeline
08/03/2017 🔍11/15/2017 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20171115-firepower2
Researcher: Cisco.
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12300 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 101862 - Cisco Firepower System Software CVE-2017-12300 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 11/16/2017 17:43Updated: 01/23/2021 19:07
Changes: 11/16/2017 17:43 (60), 12/07/2019 07:20 (6), 01/23/2021 19:07 (2)
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