Cisco IOS Software H.323 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100922-h323)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49647

Synopsis

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

Description

The H.323 implementation in Cisco IOS Software contains two vulnerabilities that may be exploited remotely to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a device that is running a vulnerable version of Cisco IOS Software. Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds to mitigate these vulnerabilities other than disabling H.323 on the vulnerable device.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20100922-h323.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0bc2225b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49647

File Name: cisco-sa-20100922-h323http.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/22/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2828, CVE-2010-2829

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20100922-h323

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCtc73759