Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort rules that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions if a rule is configured without proper constraints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause through traffic to be dropped. Note: Only products with Snort3 configured and either a rule with Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions configured are vulnerable. Products configured with Snort2 are not vulnerable.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27303 Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort rules that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions if a rule is configured without proper constraints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause through traffic to be dropped. Note: Only products with Snort3 configured and either a rule with Block with Reset or Interactive Block with Reset actions configured are vulnerable. Products configured with Snort2 are not vulnerable.
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History

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco snort
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:snort:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:cisco:snort:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Snort
Snort snort
Cisco snort

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:3.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:3.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco firepower Management Center
Cisco secure Firewall Management Center

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-07T21:45:31.681Z

Reserved: 2021-08-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-40116

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Updated: 2024-08-04T02:27:31.552Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-27T19:15:08.717

Modified: 2025-07-07T12:40:02.540

Link: CVE-2021-40116

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