CVE-2007-2688

Description

The Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and IOS with Firewall/IPS Feature Set do not properly handle certain full-width and half-width Unicode character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to evade detection of HTTP traffic.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.82% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5465	vdb entry signature
http://www.osvdb.org/35336	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/739224	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1803	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018053	vdb entry
http://www.gamasec.net/english/gs07-01.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25285	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018054	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23980	vdb entry
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a008083f82e.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34277	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468633/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2688?: CVE-2007-2688 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2688?: To fix CVE-2007-2688, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2688 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-2688 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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