CVE-2015-0579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) and Cisco Expressway allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and partial outage) via crafted SIP packets, aka Bug ID CSCur12473.

Published: 2015-01-14

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:::::control:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server:::::expressway:::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-0592	Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) and Cisco Expressway allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and partial outage) via crafted SIP packets, aka Bug ID CSCur12473.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00853.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0579
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72057
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031541
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37007

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Telepresence Video Communication Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-01-14T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:17:31.764Z

Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-0579

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-01-14T19:59:03.633

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-0579

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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