The vulnerability of the TCP Intercept function and the Snort intrusion detection system of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) allows attackers to bypass security restrictions and carry out SYN flood attacks.

The vulnerability of the TCP Intercept function and the Snort intrusion detection system of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense’s microprogramming network interface devices is related to resource management errors caused by an incorrect setting of the Maximum Embryonic TCP connections value. Exploitin...