VDB-112991 · CVE-2018-0137 · BID 102955

Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module TCP Throttling TCP Connection resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module. Affected is an unknown function of the component TCP Throttling. The manipulation as part of TCP Connection leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-0137. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component TCP Throttling. The manipulation as part of a TCP Connection leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the TCP throttling process of Cisco Prime Network could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient rate limiting protection for TCP listening ports. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending the affected device a high rate of TCP SYN packets to the local IP address of the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to consume a high amount of memory and become slow, or to stop accepting new TCP connections to the application. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg48152.

The bug was discovered 02/07/2018. The weakness was released 02/08/2018 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20180207-cpn as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0137 since 11/27/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 02/03/2021).

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 102955†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Exploitinginfo

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

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11/27/2017 🔍
02/07/2018 +72 days 🔍
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02/08/2018 +1 days 🔍
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02/03/2021 +1091 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20180207-cpn
Researcher: Cisco.
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0137 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0137
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112991
SecurityFocus: 102955 - Cisco Prime Network CVE-2018-0137 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2018 18:22
Updated: 02/03/2021 06:30
Changes: 02/08/2018 18:22 (60), 01/02/2020 19:43 (5), 02/03/2021 06:30 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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