Cisco Firepower System Software BitTorrent File Policy Bypass Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass file policies that are configured to block files transmitted to an affected device via the BitTorrent protocol. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not detect BitTorrent handshake messages correctly. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BitTorrent connection request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass file policies that are configured to block files transmitted to the affected device via the BitTorrent protocol. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-0138US | medium5.3 | — | ||
A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass file policies that are configured to block file… | ||||
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- FixedCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
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