CVE-2014-3402

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Published 2014-10-10 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The authentication-manager process in the web framework in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 7.0(8)E4 and earlier in Cisco Intrusion Detection System (IDS) does not properly manage user tokens, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary MainApp hang) via a crafted connection request to the management interface, aka Bug ID CSCuq39550.

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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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`{"endIncluding":"7.0\\(8\\)e4"}`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(1\)e3`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(2\)e3`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(2\)e4`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(3\)e4`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(4\)e4`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(5a\)e4`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(6\)e4`
cisco	intrusion_prevention_system	`7.0\(7\)e4`

References

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.