Cisco IP Communicator 8.6(4) GET Request resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IP Communicator 8.6(4). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component GET Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco IP Communicator 8.6(4) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via an unspecified URL in a GET request, aka Bug ID CSCuu37656.

The weakness was published 07/08/2015 as CSCuu37656 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-4240 since 06/04/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/23/2022).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316246 (Cisco IP Communicator Web Access Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco-SA-20150707-CVE-2015-4240)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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06/04/2015 🔍
07/08/2015 +34 days 🔍
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05/23/2022 +2510 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuu37656
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-4240 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1032807

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2015 09:49
Updated: 05/23/2022 16:04
Changes: 07/09/2015 09:49 (43), 05/02/2017 00:47 (7), 05/23/2022 16:04 (3)
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