Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.0/7.1 Management Interface improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.0/7.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 09/19/2013 as Cisco IPS Authentication Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5497 since 08/22/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72510 (Cisco IPS Authentication Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability (CSCuf20148)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading to version 7.0.(9) or 7.2.(1) eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87280) and Tenable (72510). tools.cisco.com is providing further details.

Productinfo

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Cisco

Name

Intrusion Prevention System

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commercial

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end of life (old version)

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 72510
Nessus Name: Cisco IPS Authentication Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability (CSCuf20148)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Intrusion Prevention System 7.0.(9)/7.2.(1)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: Cisco IPS Authentication Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5497 (🔍)
X-Force: 87280 - Cisco Intrusion Prevention System MainApp denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1029057
Vulnerability Center: 43264 - Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Remote Denial of Service via a Malicious Management-Interface Connection Request, Medium
SecurityFocus: 62517 - Cisco IPS Software Authentication Manager CVE-2013-5497 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 54958 - Cisco IPS Authentication Manager Denial of Service Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 97525

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2013 16:15
Updated: 05/25/2021 20:31
Changes: 09/24/2013 16:15 (76), 05/20/2017 10:44 (1), 05/25/2021 20:24 (3), 05/25/2021 20:31 (1)
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