Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2024-20253

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2024-20253

Published: January 24, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85776
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20253
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise
Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition
Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
Cisco Unity Connection
Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted message to a listening port of an affected device and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-20253

Install updates from vendor's website.

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