Cisco Unity Express up to 2.2(2) HTTP Management Interface denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Unity Express up to 2.2(2) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component HTTP Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-2166. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to add additional authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Unity Express up to 2.2(2). This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP management interface in Cisco Unity Express (CUE) 2.2(2) and earlier, when running on any CUE Advanced Integration Module (AIM) or Network Module (NM), allows remote authenticated attackers to reset the password for any user with an expired password.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2006. The weakness was presented 05/02/2006 by Keith Vaughan and Xu He (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2166 since 05/03/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26165), SecurityFocus (BID 17775†), OSVDB (25165†), Secunia (SA19881†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016015†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Keith Vaughan, Xu He
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2166 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30033
X-Force: 26165
SecurityFocus: 17775 - Cisco Unity Express Expired Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 19881 - Cisco Unity Express Expired Password Change Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 25165 - Cisco Unity Express Arbitrary User Expired Password Modification
SecurityTracker: 1016015
Vulnerability Center: 11343 - [cisco-sa-20060501-cue] Cisco Unity Express allows Authenticated Users to Reset Expired Passwords, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1613

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 14:43
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/17/2019 14:43 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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