CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-4022

Improper Authentication

Published: May 03, 2012 | Modified: May 11, 2012
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The sensor in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 7.0 and 7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-handle exhaustion and mainApp hang) by making authentication attempts that exceed the configured limit, aka Bug ID CSCto51204.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Intrusion_prevention_system Cisco 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Intrusion_prevention_system Cisco 7.1 (including) 7.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References