Medium severity · published Apr 29, 2021
CVE-2021-1495
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…
5.3
CVSS
1.7%
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:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IX
IOS XE · Cisco
16.12 before 16.12.5 · source: NVD
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
before 6.4.0.12; 6.5.0 before 6.6.4; 6.7.0 before 6.7.0.2 · source: NVD
SN
Snort · Snort
before 2.9.17.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1495
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1495
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00011.html
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-http-fp-bp-KfDdcQhc
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5354
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