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Cisco TelePresence Server Crafted IPv6 Packet Handling DoS (cisco-sa-20160406-cts)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90539

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco TelePresence Server running on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper handling of a specially crafted stream of IPv6 packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted stream of IPv6 packets, to cause a kernel panic, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCuu46673. Alternatively, apply the workaround as referenced in the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d23cd7c2

https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuu46673

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90539

File Name: cisco_telepresence_server_cisco-sa-20160406-cts.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/15/2016

Updated: 11/20/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1346

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:telepresence_server_software, cpe:/h:cisco:telepresence_server_mse_8710

Required KB Items: Cisco/TelePresence_Server/Version, Cisco/TelePresence_Server/Model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1346

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20160406-cts

IAVA: 2016-A-0094

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuu46673