CVE-2007-0917 describes a vulnerability in Cisco IOS versions 12.4XE to 12.3T where the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) feature can be bypassed by remote attackers. This bypass occurs when IPS signatures relying on regular expressions encounter fragmented packets, allowing malicious traffic to evade detection. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.3tCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3t:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.3xqCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3xq:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.3xrCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3xr:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.3xsCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3xs:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.3xwCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3xw:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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