CVE-2013-5497
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
The authentication manager process in the web framework in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) does not properly handle user tokens, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (intermittent MainApp hang) via a crafted management-interface connection request, aka Bug ID CSCuf20148.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://osvdb.org/97525
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5497
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=30913
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62517
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029057
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87280
- http://osvdb.org/97525
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5497
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=30913
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62517
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029057
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87280
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.