Memory leak in Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2020-3505

 

Memory leak in Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras - CVE-2020-3505

Published: August 21, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45897
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/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-2020-3505
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted traffic to the device and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cisco has confirmed that this vulnerability does not affect the following Cisco products:

  • Video Surveillance 3000 Series IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 4000 Series High-Definition IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 4300E and 4500E High-Definition IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 6000 Series IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance 7000 Series IP Cameras
  • Video Surveillance PTZ IP Cameras

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