SB2016110209 - Remote code execution in Cisco Meeting Server
Published: November 2, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016110209
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6448)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the target system
The weakness is due to improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted Session Description Protocol (SDP) packets, a remote attacker can cayse a buffer overflow in the processing of media lines in the SDP parser and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.