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5.8Medium

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

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 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.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 76% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
5.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-755
Assigned by
psirt@cisco.com

Dates

Published
2021-04-29
Last modified
2026-08-11
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense- 6.4.0.12, 6.5.0 - 6.6.4, 6.7.0 - 6.7.0.2
  • Cisco Ios Xe16.12 - 16.12.5, 17.1 - 17.3.3, 17.4 - 17.4.1
  • Snort Snort- 2.9.17.1
  • Cisco 1100-4g\/6g Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 1101 Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 1109 Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 1111x Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 111x Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 1120 Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 1160 Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 3000 Integrated Services Routerall versions
  • Cisco 4221 Integrated Services Routerall versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

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