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Snort 3 flaws in multiple Cisco products can cause denial of service

Original title: Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Unauthenticated remote attackers can force the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart; Cisco shipped updates and has no workarounds.

Cisco reports vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 Detection Engine that affect multiple Cisco products. An unauthenticated remote attacker can make the engine restart unexpectedly, causing a denial of service. Cisco has released software updates and says no workarounds address the issues. The snippet does not list CVEs or affected versions.

Unconfirmed: Affected products, versions, and CVE identifiers are not in the snippet.

Key facts
  • The impact is an unexpected restart of the Snort 3 Detection Engine.
  • Cisco says released software updates address the vulnerabilities.
  • The advisory states there are no workarounds.
  • The notice is part of a group of advisories.
Security assessment · AI, from the article

Impact: Remote denial of service by restarting Snort 3

ProductAffected
Cisco Snort 3 Detection Engine—
What to do
  1. 1.Install the Cisco software updates that address the Snort 3 issues.
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From the original article

Multiple Cisco products are affected by vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory. Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

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