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CVE-2017-6779

HIGHEPSS 78th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in local file management for certain system log files of Cisco collaboration products that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high disk utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability occurs because a certain system log file does not have a maximum size restriction. Therefore, the file is allowed to consume the majority of available disk space on the appliance. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted remote connection requests to the appliance. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to increase the size of a system log file so that it consumes most of the disk space. The lack of available disk space could lead to a DoS condition in which the application functions could operate abnormally, making the appliance unstable. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco Voice Operating System (VOS)-based products: Emergency Responder, Finesse, Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment, MediaSense, Prime License Manager, SocialMiner, Unified Communications Manager (UCM), Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service (IM&P - earlier releases were known as Cisco Unified Presence), Unified Communication Manager Session Management Edition (SME), Unified Contact Center Express (UCCx), Unified Intelligence Center (UIC), Unity Connection, Virtualized Voice Browser. This vulnerability also affects Prime Collaboration Assurance and Prime Collaboration Provisioning. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd10872, CSCvf64322, CSCvf64332, CSCvi29538, CSCvi29543, CSCvi29544, CSCvi29546, CSCvi29556, CSCvi29571, CSCvi31738, CSCvi31741, CSCvi31762, CSCvi31807, CSCvi31818, CSCvi31823.

How to fix

Remediation Available
emergency responderNVD
Affected:>= 12.0, < 12.0su1Fixed in:12.0su1CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
finesseNVD
Affected:>= 11.5, < 11.5(3)Fixed in:11.5(3)CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
hosted collaboration mediation fulfillmentNVD
Affected:>= 11.5, < 11.5(3)Fixed in:11.5(3)CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
mediasenseNVD
Affected:>= 11.5, < 11.5su2Fixed in:11.5su2CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
prime collaboration assuranceNVD
Affected:>= 12.1, < 12.1_es2Fixed in:12.1_es2CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
prime license managerNVD
Affected:>= 11.0, < 11.5(1)su5Fixed in:11.5(1)su5CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
socialminerNVD
Affected:>= 11.6, < 11.6.1Fixed in:11.6.1CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
unified communications managerNVD
Affected:>= 11.5, < 11.5(1)su3Fixed in:11.5(1)su3CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
unified contact center expressNVD
Affected:>= 11.6, < 11.6(1)Fixed in:11.6(1)CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
unified intelligence centerNVD
Affected:>= 11.6, < 11.6(1)Fixed in:11.6(1)CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
unity connectionNVD
Affected:>= 11.0, < 11.5.1su3Fixed in:11.5.1su3CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD
virtualized voice browserNVD
Affected:>= 11.6, < 11.6(1)Fixed in:11.6(1)CVE-2017-6779derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days
78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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