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Cisco Emergency Responder Denial of Service (cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos)
high Nessus Plugin ID 130068
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Synopsis
The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Emergency Responder (CER) is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because a certain system log file does not have a maximum size restriction. This could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high disk utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.Solution
Apply the patch or upgrade to the version recommended in Cisco bug ID CSCvf64322See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 130068
File Name: cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos-cer.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 10/21/2019
Updated: 10/30/2019
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-2017-6779
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:emergency_responder
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Emergency Responder (CER)
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-6779