Check Point Advisories

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-3187)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-0720
Date Published:	17 Aug 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 17 August, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-3187
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco Firepower Threat Defense prior to 6.6.0 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance prior to 9.14
Vulnerability Description	A directory traversal vulnerability exists in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the affected server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-3187) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-3187)