CVE-2021-40116
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-10-27
- Fixed in7.0.1 · 6.7.0.3 · 6.6.5.1 · 6.4.0.13
- WeaknessCWE-241
Am I affected?
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Description
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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-10-2719:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-40116?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-40116?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.1 | 7.0.1 | NVD |
| 6.7 | ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.7.0.3 | 6.7.0.3 | NVD |
| 6.6 | ≥ 6.6.0, < 6.6.5.1 | 6.6.5.1 | NVD |
| 6.4 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.0.13 | 6.4.0.13 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | = 3.1.0.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.x | ≥ 3.0.0.0, < 3.1.0.100 | 3.1.0.100 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Cisco secure firewall threat defense to 7.0.1 · 6.7.0.3 · 6.6.5.1 · 6.4.0.13
Advisories and patches
- tools.cisco.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2021-10-27
- Last Modified
- 2026-08-11
- NVD status
- Modified
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