Cisco Finesse Disk Utilization Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130096

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Finesse Software 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.

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

Solution

Apply the patch or upgrade to the version recommended in Cisco bug ID CSCvi29556

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130096

File Name: cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos-finesse.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:finesse

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco VOSS Finesse

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

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvi29556

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