CVE-2021-1494 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-1494

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software
Vulnerable Versions:
16.12.1a, 16.12.2, 16.12.3, 16.12.4, 16.6.1, 16.6.5, 16.6.6, 16.6.7a, 16.6.9, 17.1.1, 17.2.1r, 17.3.1a, 17.3.2, 3.17.0S, 3.17.1S, Fuji-16.9.2, Fuji-16.9.4, Fuji-16.9.6, Fuji-16.9.3, Fuji-16.9.7, Fuji-16.9.5, Denali-16.3.3, Denali-16.3.9, Denali-16.3.7, Denali-16.3.5, Denali-16.3.4, Everest-16.6.3, Everest-16.6.4, Everest-16.6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: November 15th, 2024
Last Modified: November 15th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)