Cisco Intrusion Prevention System up to 7.1(7)E4 IP Packet memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System up to 7.1(7)E4. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component IP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software in ASA 5500-X IPS-SSP software modules before 7.1(7)sp1E4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Analysis Engine process hang or device reload) via fragmented (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 packets, aka Bug ID CSCue51272.

The weakness was shared 07/17/2013 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-1218 since 01/11/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69103 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Software (cisco-sa-20130717-ips)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading to version 7.1(7)sp1E4 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 (85786) and Tenable (69103). The entries 9563, 9565 and 9566 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 69103
Nessus Name: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Software (cisco-sa-20130717-ips)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Intrusion Prevention System 7.1(7)sp1E4

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Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: seclists.org
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CVE: CVE-2013-1218 (🔍)
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X-Force: 85786
Vulnerability Center: 40620 - [cisco-sa-20130717-ips] Cisco IPS 7.1(4)E4 - 7.1(7)E4 Remote DoS Vulnerability by Fragmented Traffic (CVE-2013-1218), High
SecurityFocus: 61294 - Cisco IPS Software CVE-2013-1243 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 54246 - Cisco Intrusion Prevention System SSP Fragmented Traffic Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 95394

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Created: 07/19/2013 17:11
Updated: 05/18/2021 23:36
Changes: 07/19/2013 17:11 (77), 05/06/2017 19:20 (3), 05/18/2021 23:36 (3)
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