CVE-2012-3899

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3899
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-16 10:34:50 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionsensorApp 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.0 All All All
Application Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.2 All All All
Application Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 7.0 All All All
Hardware Cisco Ips 4240 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ips 4250 Sx All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ips 4255 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ips 4260 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ips 4270-20 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.cisco.com/web/software/282549758/51927/IPS-6_2-4-E4-readme.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
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