Denial of service in Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server



Published: 2018-11-08
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-15449
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU15773

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15449

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and cause the web-based management interface to become unreachable.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server: 7.12

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-vsms-dos


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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