SB2017080303 - Denial of service in Сisco Videoscape Distribution Suite for Television
Published: August 3, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017080303
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6745)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the cache server within Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) for Television due to excessive mapped connections exhausting the allotted resources within the system. A remote attacker can send large amounts of inbound traffic, trigger resources exhaustion and cause the system to reload.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.