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Cisco IOS Software Intrusion Prevention System Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20120926-ios-ips)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62374

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

Cisco IOS Software contains a vulnerability in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device if specific Cisco IOS IPS configurations exist. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are available.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20120926-ios-ips.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1beca939

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62374

File Name: cisco-sa-20120926-ios-ips.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/28/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3950

BID: 55695

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20120926-ios-ips

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCtw55976