CVE-2013-5497

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The authentication manager process in the web framework in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) does not properly handle user tokens, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (intermittent MainApp hang) via a crafted management-interface connection request, aka Bug ID CSCuf20148.

Affected products

Cisco Intrusion Prevention System: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/97525
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5497
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=30913
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62517
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029057
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87280
http://osvdb.org/97525
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5497
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=30913
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62517
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029057
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87280

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