SB2017081711 - Denial of service in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server
Published: August 17, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017081711
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6790)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists n the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) on the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) due to excessive SIP traffic sent to the device. A remote attacker can transmit large volumes of SIP traffic to the VCS and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.