Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System SensorApp
CVE-2013-1219

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Intrusion Prevention System
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 April 2013

Summary

The SensorApp component of Cisco's Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) contains a vulnerability that enables local users to trigger a denial of service. This can occur through various actions including initiating a signature upgrade, triggering global correlation, viewing statistics related to anomaly detection, or executing a database clearance operation. Such activities lead to a regex hardware job failure, which can hang the application, effectively disrupting service and creating operational challenges for affected environments.

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecur...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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