CVE-2021-1223

high

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 an HTTP range header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured file policy for HTTP packets and deliver a malicious payload.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5354

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort-filepolbypass-67DEwMe2

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00011.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-01-13

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High