Denial of service in Cisco Meeting Server



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-12264
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Cisco Meeting Server
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU8692

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12264

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing HTTP requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send malicious HTTP packet to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of the Web Admin Server.


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website (version 2.2.4 or later).

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Meeting Server: 2.2.0 - 2.2.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171004-cms 
https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCve89149


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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