Cisco IP Phones 7800 and 8800 Series Cisco Discovery Protocol Stack Overflow (CVE-2022-20968)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502120

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol processing feature of Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series firmware could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a stack overflow on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of received Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, resulting in possible remote code execution or a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 502120

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 3/18/2024

Updated: 3/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ip_phone_7800_series_firmware, cpe:/o:cisco:wireless_ip_phone_8821_firmware, cpe:/o:cisco:ip_phone_8800_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20968

CWE: 787

Detections

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