CVE-2025-20359

Medium

Description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 HTTP Decoder that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the disclosure of possible sensitive data or cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. This vulnerability is due to an error in the logic of buffer handling when the MIME fields of the HTTP header are parsed. This can result in a buffer under-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an established connection that is parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to induce one of two possible outcomes: the unexpected restarting of the Snort 3 Detection Engine, which could cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, or information disclosure of sensitive information in the Snort 3 data stream. Due to the under-read condition, it is possible that sensitive information that is not valid connection data could be returned.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability42. percentile0.5%
ProductCisco Snort
PublishedOct 15, 2025
First seenOct 15, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-127CWE-127

How to fix

Update
  • cisco snort3.9.3.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco snort3.0.0-233 ≤ v < 3.9.3.03.9.3.0

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