Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco IPS 4200 Series Sensors
CVE-2012-3899

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Intrusion Prevention System
Ips 4240
Ips 4250 Sx
Ips 4255
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 September 2012

Summary

The Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors versions 6.0, 6.2, and 7.0 are vulnerable due to improper memory allocation in the sensorApp. This flaw allows remote attackers to exploit the system by sending specially crafted network traffic, which can lead to memory corruption and cause the affected device to crash or fail to inspect traffic effectively.

References

http://www.cisco.com/web/software/282549758/51927/IPS-6_2...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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