Cisco Unified Presence up to 6.0 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Presence up to 6.0. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1740. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Presence up to 6.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Presence Engine (PE) service in Cisco Unified Presence before 6.0(1) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump and service interruption) via an unspecified "stress test," aka Bug ID CSCsh20972.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2008. The weakness was disclosed 05/16/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1740 since 04/11/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 6.0 2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42412), SecurityFocus (BID 29220†), OSVDB (45220†), Secunia (SA30240†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020023†). The entries VDB-42398 and VDB-42393 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unified Presence 6.0 2

Timelineinfo

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05/14/2008 +33 days 🔍
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08/10/2019 +1608 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1740 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1740
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42397
X-Force: 42412
SecurityFocus: 29220 - Cisco Unified Presence Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 30240
OSVDB: 45220 - Cisco - Unified Presence Engine - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020023
Vulnerability Center: 18431 - [cisco-sa-20080514-cup] Cisco Unified Presence PE Allows Remote DoS via an Unspecified \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1534

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 14:55
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (59), 08/10/2019 14:55 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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