CVE-2006-4911 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IPS 5.0 before 5.0(6p2) and 5.1 before 5.1(2), when running in inline or promiscuous mode, allows remote attackers to bypass traffic inspection via a "crafted sequence of fragmented IP packets".

Published: 2006-09-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ips_sensor_software::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ips_sensor_software::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4898	Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IPS 5.0 before 5.0(6p2) and 5.1 before 5.1(2), when running in inline or promiscuous mode, allows remote attackers to bypass traffic inspection via a "crafted sequence of fragmented IP packets".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00771.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/22022
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016891
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060920-ips.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/658884
http://www.osvdb.org/29036
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20127
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3721
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29058

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cisco Ips Sensor Software

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:32:22.360Z

Reserved: 2006-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4911

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-21T00:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4911

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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