Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal CVE-2019-16017 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions. This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCvp72741.

Technologies Affected

• Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (CVP) 11.6(1)

Recommendations

Block external access at the network boundary, unless external parties require service.
If global access isn’t needed, block access at the network perimeter to computers hosting the vulnerable device.

Deploy network intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for malicious activity.
Deploy NIDS to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity such as unexplained incoming and outgoing traffic. This may indicate exploit attempts or activity that results from successful exploits.

Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.