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CVE-2016-6439

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Description

A vulnerability in the detection engine reassembly of HTTP packets for Cisco Firepower System Software before 6.0.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the Snort process unexpectedly restarting. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of an HTTP packet stream. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP packet stream to the detection engine on the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition if the Snort process restarts and traffic inspection is bypassed or traffic is dropped.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published10/27/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

cisco:secure_firewall_management_center

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93787(psirt@cisco.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037061(psirt@cisco.com)

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161019-fpsnort(psirt@cisco.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93787(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037061(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161019-fpsnort(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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