#VU7670 Resource exhaustion in Videoscape Distribution Suite for Television - CVE-2017-6745
Published: August 3, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7670
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6745
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Videoscape Distribution Suite for Television
Videoscape Distribution Suite for Television
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the cache server within Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) for Television due to excessive mapped connections exhausting the allotted resources within the system. A remote attacker can send large amounts of inbound traffic, trigger resources exhaustion and cause the system to reload.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists in the cache server within Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) for Television due to excessive mapped connections exhausting the allotted resources within the system. A remote attacker can send large amounts of inbound traffic, trigger resources exhaustion and cause the system to reload.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: cde-04.7(0.1), cde-04.6(1.2), cde-04.5(101.5), cde-04.5(0.85), cde-04.3(101.13), cde-04.3(101.10), ccdss-04.7(0.1), ccdss-04.6(1.2), ccdss-04.5(101.5), ccdss-04.5(0.85), ccdss-04.3(101.13), ccdss-04.3(101.10), ccdms-04.7(0.1), ccdms-04.6(1.2), ccdms-04.5(101.5), ccdms-04.5(0.85), ccdms-04.3(101.13), ccdms-04.3(101.10).