VDB-62287 · CVE-2012-3899 · GCVE-0-2012-3899

Cisco IPS 4270 6.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco IPS 4270 6.0. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-3899. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IPS 4270 6.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

sensorApp on Cisco IPS 4200 series sensors 6.0, 6.2, and 7.0 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and process crash, and traffic-inspection outage) via network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtn23051.

The weakness was disclosed 09/16/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3899 since 07/10/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

IPS 4270

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/10/2012 🔍
09/16/2012 +68 days 🔍
09/16/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +919 days 🔍
03/27/2019 +1464 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3899 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3899
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62287
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 03/27/2019 17:03
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (45), 03/27/2019 17:03 (2)
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