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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.8 Medium

CVE-2018-15443

Cisco Firepower Detection Engine TCP Intrusion Prevention System Rule Bypass Vulnerability

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center

  • n/aaffected

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