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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.0267
Cisco IPS MainApp SNMP Denial of Service Vulnerability
3 March 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Cisco IPS
Publisher: Cisco Systems
Operating System: Cisco
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-2103
Original Bulletin:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2103
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Cisco Security Notice
Cisco IPS MainApp SNMP Denial of Service Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2103
CVE ID: CVE-2014-2103
Release Date: 2014 February 27 17:16 UTC (GMT)
Last Updated: 2014 February 27 17:16 UTC (GMT)
Summary
A vulnerability in the SNMP code of Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the MainApp
process to become unresponsive. This creates a denial of service (DoS)
condition because the Cisco IPS sensor is not able to execute several critical
tasks including alert notification, event store management, and sensor
authentication. The Cisco IPS web server will also be unavailable while the
MainApp process is unresponsive. Additionally, due to this general system
failure, other processes such as the Analysis Engine may not function properly.
The vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed SNMP packets. An
attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed SNMP packets to
the management interface of the affected system. The vulnerability can be
triggered by SNMP version 1 (v1), v2 and v3. If SNMP v3 user is configured
with the noAuth option, the attacker could perform the attack without
providing valid credentials. Cisco does not recommend configuring SNMP v3 user
with the noAuth option.
Traffic passing through the sensing interfaces will not trigger this
vulnerability. If the Cisco IPS is configured in promiscuous mode, mitigation
actions that require MainApp processing, such as shun or rate-limit, may be
unavailable. If the Cisco IPS is configured in inline mode, the sensor may not
correctly perform inspection and mitigation actions because the Analysis
Engine process may not be functioning properly.
Affected Products
Product More Information CVSS
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) CSCum52355, CSCul49309 6.8/6.1
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