cve-2021-40114
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-27 18:56
Modified
2024-09-16 16:47
Severity
6.8 (Medium) - cvssV3_1 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Multiple Cisco Products Snort Memory Leak Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
SourceURLTags
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00011.html
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort-dos-s2R7W9UUVendor Advisory
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5354
Impacted products
VendorProduct
CiscoCisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
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