Cisco IPS 4270 7.1 updateTime memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IPS 4270 7.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function updateTime. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The updateTime function in sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors 7.0 and 7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash and traffic-inspection outage) via network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCta96144.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3901 since 07/10/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (78870). See 62287 for similar entry.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3901 (🔍)
X-Force: 78870 - Cisco IPS updateTime denial of service

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/07/2018 07:35
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (45), 02/07/2018 07:35 (6)
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