Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Vulnerability Leading to Denial of Service
CVE-2011-4022
Currently unrated
Summary
A vulnerability exists in Cisco's Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 7.0 and 7.1 that allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition. This occurs when attackers make authentication attempts that exceed the configured limit, resulting in file-handle exhaustion and causing the main application to hang. This behavior can disrupt normal operations, impacting the security and performance of the network.
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