CVE-2021-40116
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort rules that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions if a rule is configured without proper constraints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause through traffic to be dropped. Note: Only products with Snort3 configured and either a rule with Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions configured are vulnerable. Products configured with Snort2 are not vulnerable.
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- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:3.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=6.4.0,<6.4.0.13
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.0.0.0,<3.1.0.100
- (no CPE)
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