Cisco Jabber for Windows Information Disclosure (cisco-sa-jabber-ttcgB9R3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140270

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Jabber is affected by a information disclosure vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of message contents. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted messages to a targeted system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the application to return sensitive authentication information to another system, possibly for use in further attacks.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvu71180

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140270

File Name: cisco-sa-jabber-ttcgB9R3.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/4/2020

Updated: 12/18/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3498

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:jabber

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Jabber for Windows

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3498

CWE: 200

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-jabber-ttcgB9R3

IAVA: 2020-A-0399-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvu71180

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