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Cisco TelePresence: Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1721)

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Cisco TelePresence: Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1721)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/18/2019
Created
07/10/2019
Added
07/09/2019
Modified
11/02/2022

Description

A vulnerability in the phone book feature of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU to increase to 100% utilization, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the XML input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message with a crafted XML payload to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust CPU resources, resulting in a DoS condition. Manual intervention may be required to recover the device. This vulnerability is fixed in Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Releases X12.5.1 and later.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-telepresence-upgrade-latest

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