According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Emergency Responder (CER) is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because a certain system log file does not have a maximum size restriction. This could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high disk utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(130068);
script_version("1.2");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/30 13:24:46");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-6779");
script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCvf64322");
script_xref(name:"CISCO-SA", value:"cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos");
script_name(english:"Cisco Emergency Responder Denial of Service (cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the Cisco Emergency Responder (CER) version.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Emergency Responder (CER) is affected by a denial of service
vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because a certain system log file does not have a maximum size restriction. This
could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high disk utilization, resulting in a denial of service (DoS)
condition.");
# https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-diskdos
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c6ab2b07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvf64322");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the patch or upgrade to the version recommended in Cisco bug ID CSCvf64322");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-6779");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_cwe_id(79);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/06/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:cisco:emergency_responder");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CISCO");
script_dependencies("cisco_voss_emergency_responder_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Cisco Emergency Responder (CER)");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');
include('audit.inc');
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Cisco Emergency Responder (CER)');
constraints = [
{ 'min_version':'0.0.0', 'max_version':'10.5.1.20000.3', 'required_cop':"CSCvf64322.cop", 'fixed_display':'10.5(1a) & ciscocm.cer_CSCvf64322.cop, Bug ID: CSCvf64322' },
{ 'min_version':'11.0.0', 'fixed_version':'11.5.4.20000.3', 'fixed_display':'11.5(4), Bug ID: CSCvf64322' },
{ 'min_version':'12.0.0', 'fixed_version':'12.0.1.20000.4', 'fixed_display':'12.0(1)SU1, Bug ID: CSCvf64322' }
];
vcf::cisco_cer::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
cisco | emergency_responder | cpe:/a:cisco:emergency_responder |