CVE-2021-1236

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.2

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
snort security update(DSA-5354-1) snort_2.9.20-0+deb11u1_amd64.debLinux
snort security update(DSA-5354-1) snort_2.9.20-0+deb11u1_i386.debLinux
Multiple Cisco Products Snort Application Detection Engine Policy Bypass Vulnerability For Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SoftwareNCM
Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1236)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706067Security Update for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Gibraltar-16.12.5

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234