VDB-106935 · CVE-2017-12250 · BID 100928

Cisco Wide Area Application Services HTTP Request resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Wide Area Application Services and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation as part of HTTP Request results in resource management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-12250. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request 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:

A vulnerability in the HTTP web interface for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an HTTP Application Optimization (AO) related process to restart, causing a partial denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation of user-supplied input parameters within an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request through the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition due to a process unexpectedly restarting. The WAAS could drop traffic during the brief time the process is restarting. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc63048.

The bug was discovered 09/20/2017. The weakness was published 09/21/2017 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-12250 since 08/03/2017. 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 01/13/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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 100928†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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08/03/2017 🔍
09/20/2017 +48 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-12250 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12250
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106935
SecurityFocus: 100928 - Cisco Wide Area Application Services CVE-2017-12250 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039415

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2017 21:45
Updated: 01/13/2021 17:03
Changes: 09/21/2017 21:45 (58), 11/18/2019 13:21 (4), 01/13/2021 16:59 (2), 01/13/2021 17:03 (1)
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