CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-4022

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-05-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-05-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

The sensor in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 7.0 and 7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-handle exhaustion and mainApp hang) by making authentication attempts that exceed the configured limit, aka Bug ID CSCto51204.

Affected configurations

• cisco intrusion prevention system 7.0 • cisco intrusion prevention system 7.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References