Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Unity Connection - CVE-2018-0203

 

Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Unity Connection - CVE-2018-0203

Published: February 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10684
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0203
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Unity Connection

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in the SMTP relay of Cisco Unity Connection due to improper handling of domain information. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the targeted application, bypass security restrictions and send email messages to arbitrary addresses.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-0203

Install update from vendor's website.

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