PT-2023-17424 · Snort · Snort

Published 2023-11-01 · Updated 2024-01-25 · CVE-2023-20267

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Snort 3 (affected versions not specified)

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

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-20267

Affected Products

Snort

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20267 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftdsnort3sip-bypass-LMz2ThKn · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1719768413298389106 · Twitter Post