Cisco Unified Computing System Smart Call Home input validation
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Unified Computing System (Virtualization Software) (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Smart Call Home. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
The Manager component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows local users to cause a denial of service via an invalid Smart Call Home contact address, aka Bug ID CSCtl00186.
The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2013 (Website). The advisory is available at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4093 since 07/31/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72559 (Cisco Unified Computing System Smart Call Home Input Validation Vulnerability (CSCtl00186)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87185) and Tenable (72559). The entries 64986, 64985, 64981 and 64980 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 72559
Nessus Name: Cisco Unified Computing System Smart Call Home Input Validation Vulnerability (CSCtl00186)
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Timeline
07/31/2012 🔍09/17/2013 🔍
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02/18/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2012-4093 (🔍)
X-Force: 87185
SecurityTracker: 1029074
Vulnerability Center: 43893 - Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Local DoS via an Invalid Smart Call Home Contact Address, Medium
SecurityFocus: 62456 - Cisco Unified Computing System CVE-2012-4093 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 01/07/2022 17:31
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (60), 05/24/2017 11:01 (3), 01/07/2022 17:24 (3), 01/07/2022 17:31 (1)
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