CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-12287
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-399
Description
A vulnerability in the cluster database (CDB) management component of Cisco Expressway Series Software and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the CDB process on an affected system to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a temporary denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of URL requests by the REST API of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted URL to the REST API of the affected software on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the CDB process on the affected system to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a temporary DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve77571.
Affected configurations
• cisco expressway
• cisco telepresence conductor
• cisco telepresence video communication server
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101525 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039626 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-expressway-tp-vcs Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101525 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039626 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-expressway-tp-vcs Vendor Advisory