Medium severity · published Nov 15, 2024
CVE-2021-1494
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured file policy for…
5.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured file policy for HTTP.
The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of specific HTTP header parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass a configured file policy for HTTP packets and deliver a malicious payload.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CF
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
CU
Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software · Cisco
16.12.1a; 16.12.2; 16.12.3; 16.12.4; 16.6.1; 16.6.5; +23 more · source: vendor
FT
Firepower Threat Defense Software · Cisco
before 6.4.0.12; 6.5.0 before 6.6.4; 6.7.0 before 6.7.0.2 · source: CISA
US
Utd Snort Ips Engine Software · Cisco
before 16.12.5; 17.1 before 17.3.3; 17.4 before 17.4.1 · source: CISA
Affected product
CF
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1494
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1494
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-http-fp-bp-KfDdcQhc
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