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Cisco IP Phones Web Server RCE and DOS (cisco-sa-voip-phones-rce-dos-rB6EeRXs)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 141192

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Synopsis

The remote IP phone has multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability and remote code execution (RCE) exists in Cisco IP Phones due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web server of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a DoS condition.

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

Solution

Apply the fix referenced in the vendor's advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f2eef1cf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 141192

File Name: cisco-sa-voip-phones-rce-dos-rB6EeRXs.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/6/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/h:cisco:ip_phone, x-cpe:/o:cisco:ip_phone

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco IP Phone

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3161