Cisco IPS Software Authentication Manager CVE-2013-5497 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	62517
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2013-5497
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 19 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 21 2013 12:14AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Cisco IPS Software Authentication Manager CVE-2013-5497 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause the application to hang intermittently, which leads to denial-of-service conditions.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCuf20148.

Cisco IPS Software Authentication Manager CVE-2013-5497 Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue using readily available tools.

Cisco IPS Software Authentication Manager CVE-2013-5497 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Cisco IPS Software Authentication Manager CVE-2013-5497 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Cisco Homepage (Cisco )