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Cisco TelePresence CE and TC Software 'SIP' DoS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170607-tele)

🗓️ 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType 
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Cisco TelePresence CE and TC Software 'SIP' DoS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170607-tele). Vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attacker to cause denial of service

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:cisco:telepresence_mcu_mse_series_software";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811084");
  script_version("2025-09-09T14:09:45+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-6648");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-09 14:09:45 +0000 (Tue, 09 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-08 17:37:26 +0530 (Thu, 08 Jun 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_name("Cisco TelePresence CE and TC Software 'SIP' DoS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170607-tele)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Cisco TelePresence Endpoint is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a lack of flow-control
  mechanisms within the software.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an
  unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a TelePresence endpoint to reload
  unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Cisco TC and CE platforms when running
  software versions prior to TC 7.3.8 and CE 8.3.0. This vulnerability affects
  the following Cisco TelePresence products,
  TelePresence MX Series,
  TelePresence SX Series,
  TelePresence Integrator C Series,
  TelePresence System EX Series,
  TelePresence DX Series,
  TelePresence System Profile MXP Series,
  TelePresence Profile Series.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Cisco TelePresence TC 7.3.8 or
  Cisco TelePresence CE 8.3.0 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCux94002");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98934");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170607-tele");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CISCO");
  script_dependencies("gb_cisco_telepresence_snmp_detect.nasl", "gb_cisco_telepresence_ftp_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("cisco/telepresence/version");
  exit(0);
}


include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!cisport = get_app_port(cpe:CPE)){
  exit(0);
}

if(!version = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:cisport)){
  exit(0);
}

if(!typ = get_kb_item("cisco/telepresence/typ" )) exit( 0 );

## TelePresence MX Series
## http://www.red-thread.com/products/telepresence-mx-series/
## typ !~ 'MX(2|3|7|8)00$' && typ !~ 'G2$' &&  typ !~ ' (42|52)/55$' && typ !~ ' (42|52)/55( Dual$)'
## TelePresence SX Quick Set Series and TelePresence SX Series
## https://blogs.cisco.com/ciscoit/b-c-07232014-cisco-sx-series-adding-tp-to-every-screen
## typ !~ 'SX(1|2|8)0$' && typ !~ 'SpeakerTrack$'
## TelePresence DX Series
## http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/160452/file-1411244501-pdf/docs/cisco_dx_series.pdf
## typ !~ 'DX(65|7|8)0$'
## TelePresence System Profile MXP Series
## typ !~ 'MXP'
## TelePresence System EX Series
## typ !~ 'EX(6|9)0$'
## TelePresence Integrator C Series
## typ !~ "C(9|6|4|2)0"
## Not covering TelePresence Profile Series
if(typ !~ 'MX(2|3|7|8)00$' && typ !~ 'G2$' &&  typ !~ ' (42|52)/55$' && typ !~ ' (42|52)/55( Dual$)' &&
   typ !~ 'SX(1|2|8)0$' && typ !~ 'SpeakerTrack$' &&
   typ !~ 'DX(65|7|8)0$' &&
   typ !~ 'MXP' &&
   typ !~ 'EX(6|9)0$' &&
   typ !~ "C(9|6|4|2)0") {
  exit( 0 );
}

## TC and CE affected but pattern coming like(TE)
ciscoVer = eregmatch(pattern:"^T[CE]([^$]+$)", string:version, icase:TRUE);
if(isnull(ciscoVer[1])){
  exit(0);
}

verscat = ciscoVer[0];
vers = ciscoVer[1];

if(verscat =~ "^ce.")
{
  if(vers =~ "^8\.2\.0" || vers =~ "^8\.2\.1" || vers =~ "^8\.2\.2"){
    fix = "8.3.0";
  }
}

else if(verscat =~ "^tc.")
{
  if(vers =~ "^3\.1\.[0|5]" || vers =~ "^4\.2\.[0-4]" || vers =~ "^5\.0\.(0|2)" ||
     vers =~ "^5\.1\.(0|[3-7]|11|13)" || vers =~ "^6\.0\.[1-4]" ||
     vers =~ "^6\.1\.[0-4]" || vers =~ "^4\.1\.[0-2]" || vers =~ "^7\.2\.(0|1)" ||
     vers =~ "^6\.3\.[0-5]" || vers =~ "^7\.3\.([0-3]|[6-7])" || vers =~ "^7\.1\.[0-4]"){
    fix = "7.3.8";
  }
}

if(fix)
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix);
  security_message( port:cisport, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

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