Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort application detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in the detection algorithm. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets that would flow through an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the configured policies and deliver a malicious payload to the protected network.
Published: 2021-01-13
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3317-1 snort security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5354-1 snort security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-6703 Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort application detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in the detection algorithm. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets that would flow through an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the configured policies and deliver a malicious payload to the protected network.
History

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00352}

epss

{'score': 0.00385}


Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco secure Firewall Management Center
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:2.9.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:2.9.14.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:2.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:2.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_management_center:2.9.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.14.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:2.9.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco firepower Management Center
Cisco secure Firewall Management Center

Subscriptions

Cisco 1100-4p Integrated Services Router 1100-8p Integrated Services Router 1101-4p Integrated Services Router 1109-2p Integrated Services Router 1109-4p Integrated Services Router 1111x-8p Integrated Services Router 4221 Integrated Services Router 4321 Integrated Services Router 4331 Integrated Services Router 4351 Integrated Services Router 4431 Integrated Services Router 4451-x Integrated Services Router 4461 Integrated Services Router Csr 1000v Firepower Threat Defense Ios Xe Isa 3000 Secure Firewall Management Center
Snort Snort
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-12T20:48:23.581Z

Reserved: 2020-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-1236

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:02:56.434Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-13T22:15:20.583

Modified: 2024-11-26T16:09:02.407

Link: CVE-2021-1236

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No data.

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Weaknesses