Cisco TelePresence Server HTTP Parsing Engine DoS (cisco-sa-20160406-cts1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90540

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco TelePresence Server running on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP parsing engine due to improper handling of specially crafted URLs. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via multiple URL requests, to exhaust memory resources, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCuv47565.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4b93acb

https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuv47565

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90540

File Name: cisco_telepresence_server_cisco-sa-20160406-cts1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/15/2016

Updated: 11/20/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-6313

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:telepresence_server_software, cpe:/h:cisco:telepresence_server_7010, cpe:/h:cisco:telepresence_server_mse_8710, cpe:/h:cisco:telepresence_server_on_multiparty_media_310, cpe:/h:cisco:telepresence_server_on_multiparty_media_320, cpe:/h:cisco:telepresence_server_on_multiparty_media_820, cpe:/h:cisco:telepresence_server_on_virtual_machine

Required KB Items: Cisco/TelePresence_Server/Version, Cisco/TelePresence_Server/Model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6313

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20160406-cts1

IAVA: 2016-A-0094

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuv47565