CVE-2014-2103 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco IPS Software by sending malformed SNMP packets, affecting network security monitoring.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-2103?

CVE-2014-2103 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MainApp process outage) via malformed SNMP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCum52355 and CSCul49309.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2103?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Intrusion Prevention System.

How do I fix CVE-2014-2103?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2103 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-2103 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8wf5-m44j-r94p.

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