CVE-2011-4022

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System: 7.0, 7.1

References

http://www.cisco.com/web/software/282549709/56954/IPS-7-1-3-E4_readme.txt
http://www.cisco.com/web/software/282549709/56954/IPS-7-1-3-E4_readme.txt

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