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Cisco Unified Computing System Fabric Interconnect Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20130927-CVE-2012-4079 · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in the public XML API service of Cisco Unified Computing System Fabric Interconnect could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation in the XML API service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed XML packet. A successful exploit could cause the XML API service to stop responding. Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability in a security notice and released software updates. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to send malformed XML packets to the targeted device, which may reside on trusted, internal networks to which the attacker would likely need access. This access requirement may reduce the likelihood of a successful exploit. Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.

Workarounds

Administrators are advised to apply the appropriate updates.

Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access.

Administrators can help protect affected systems from external attacks by using a solid firewall strategy.

Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

CVEsCVE-2012-4079
Cisco Bug IDsCSCtg48206
CVSS ScoreBase 5.0
Base 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
Product Names From Source
Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed)

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