Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120711-ctms)

high Nessus Plugin ID 70024

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Server installed on the remote host is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- By sending specially crafted IP packets at a high rate, it may be possible to crash some of the services running on the host. (CVE-2012-3073)

- The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) implementation on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability that could allow a remote, unauthenticated, adjacent attacker with data link layer access the ability to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted CDP packets.
(CVE-2012-2486)

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch 1.9.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7422b51c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70024

File Name: cisco-sa-20120711-ctms.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/20/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:telepresence_multipoint_switch_software

Required KB Items: Host/UCOS/Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2486, CVE-2012-3073

BID: 54382

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20120711-ctms

IAVB: 2012-B-0070