Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.1(4)E4 IP Stack Packet memory corruption

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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.1(4)E4. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IP Stack. The manipulation as part of Packet leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-1243. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.1(4)E4 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component IP Stack. The manipulation as part of a Packet 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. The summary by CVE is:
The IP stack in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software in ASA 5500-X IPS-SSP software and hardware modules before 7.1(5)E4, IPS 4500 sensors before 7.1(6)E4, and IPS 4300 sensors before 7.1(5)E4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MainApp process hang) via malformed IPv4 packets, aka Bug ID CSCtx18596.
The weakness was presented 07/17/2013 as cisco-sa-20130717-ips as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1243 since 01/11/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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)E4 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 (85785), Tenable (69103), SecurityFocus (BID 61294†), OSVDB (95393†) and Secunia (SA54247†). See VDB-9564, VDB-9565 and VDB-9566 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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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: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Intrusion Prevention System 7.1(7)E4
Timeline
01/11/2013 🔍07/17/2013 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20130717-ips
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2013-1243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9563
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X-Force: 85785
SecurityFocus: 61294 - Cisco IPS Software CVE-2013-1243 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 54247 - Cisco Intrusion Prevention System IP Packets Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 95393
Vulnerability Center: 40619 - [cisco-sa-20130717-ips] Cisco IPS 7.1 - 7.1(4)E4 Remote DoS Vulnerability by Malformed IP Packets (CVE-2013-1243), High
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Entry
Created: 07/19/2013 11:52Updated: 05/18/2021 23:26
Changes: 07/19/2013 11:52 (75), 05/06/2017 19:20 (3), 05/18/2021 23:26 (3)
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