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Cisco reported an issue in the web-based management interface of Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager. An unauthenticated remote attacker could view sensitive information stored in some HTML comments. The bundle identifies release 7.2(1)V7 as affected, but does not provide CVSS scoring or patch details. Exposure is most likely where Cisco IPS Device Manager web management is reachable by untrusted networks. The source bundle identifies Cisco IPS Device Manager, specifically known affected release 7.2(1)V7. Treat this as a focused management-plane exposure issue. It is not described as code execution, but unauthenticated remote disclosure of sensitive information can aid follow-on attacks if the management interface is exposed. Mitigation focus: Review Cisco advisory cisco-sa-20170215-idm and bug CSCuh91455 for vendor-corrected software guidance.; Restrict IDM web management access to trusted administrative networks only.; Remove internet-facing access to the affected management interface..
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- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170215-idmCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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