VDB-104898 · CVE-2017-6745 · BID 100106

Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite 3.2(5)ES1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite 3.2(5)ES1. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-6745. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite 3.2(5)ES1. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the cache server within Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) for Television 3.2(5)ES1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted appliance. The vulnerability is due to excessive mapped connections exhausting the allotted resources within the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending large amounts of inbound traffic to a device with the intention of overloading certain resources. A successful exploit could cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc39260.

The bug was discovered 08/02/2016. The weakness was presented 08/07/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170802-vds as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-6745 since 03/09/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/07/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 370 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 100106†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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08/02/2016 🔍
03/09/2017 +219 days 🔍
08/02/2017 +146 days 🔍
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01/07/2021 +1249 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170802-vds
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6745 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6745
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104898
SecurityFocus: 100106 - Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite for Television CVE-2017-6745 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2017 16:40
Updated: 01/07/2021 12:27
Changes: 08/07/2017 16:40 (59), 11/04/2019 08:59 (5), 01/07/2021 12:27 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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