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Cisco Bug: CSCum12974 - Invalid host-name characters including slash are allowed

Last Modified

Dec 12, 2014

Products (11)

  • Cisco IPS 4200 Series Sensors
  • Cisco ASA 5555-X IPS Security Services Processor
  • Cisco IPS 4345 Sensor
  • Cisco ASA 5545-X IPS Security Services Processor
  • Cisco IPS 4520 Sensor
  • Cisco IPS 4510 Sensor
  • Cisco ASA 5525-X IPS Security Services Processor
  • Cisco ASA 5515-X IPS Security Services Processor
  • Cisco IPS 4360 Sensor
  • Cisco ASA 5585-X IPS Security Services Processor
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Known Affected Releases

7.1(5)E4 7.1(8)E4

Description (partial) 

Symptom:
A host-name in the IPS host configuration can be changed to include invalid host-name characters.  Example:  "firewall5/ips".

Conditions:
In the example, "firewall5/ips", besides having an invalid forward-slash character in the name, the invalid host-name can cause IPS operations like service-pack or signature upgrades to fail.
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