Cisco IPS 7.2 SNMP Packet MainApp Process input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IPS 7.2. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component SNMP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (MainApp Process). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MainApp process outage) via malformed SNMP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCum52355 and CSCul49309.

The weakness was published 02/27/2014 as CSCum52355 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-2103 since 02/25/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73027 (Cisco IPS MainApp SNMP DoS (CSCul49309)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91484) and Tenable (73027). Similar entries are available at VDB-8854, VDB-81150, VDB-149679 and VDB-149680.

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Name: MainApp Process
Class: Input validation / MainApp Process
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 73027
Nessus Name: Cisco IPS MainApp SNMP DoS (CSCul49309)
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Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCum52355
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2103 (🔍)
X-Force: 91484 - Cisco Intrusion Prevention System MainApp denial of service, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 43631 - Cisco IPS Remote DoS via Malformed SNMP packets, Medium
SecurityFocus: 65864 - Cisco Intrusion Prevention System CVE-2014-2103 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 57190 - Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) MainApp SNMP Packets Processing Denial of Service, Less Critical

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Created: 03/06/2014 13:54
Updated: 05/23/2017 08:43
Changes: 03/06/2014 13:54 (72), 05/23/2017 08:43 (3)
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Cache ID: 3:0EA:103

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