Cisco Unified Communications Manager DoS (cisco-sa-cucm-apidos-PGsDcdNF)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182614

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Unified Communications Manager running on the remote host is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Due to improper API authentication and incomplete verification of the API request, an unauthenticated, remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to a specific API causing a DoS condition due to high CPU utilization. A successful attack can negatively impact user traffic and management .

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

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwf44755

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?19b66d72

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwf44755

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182614

File Name: cisco-sa-cucm-apidos-PGsDcdNF.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 10/18/2023

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-2023-20259

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:unified_communications_manager

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/CUCM/Version, Host/Cisco/CUCM/Version_Display

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20259

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cucm-apidos-PGsDcdNF

IAVA: 2023-A-0527

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwf44755