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CVE-2020-3160

Cisco Meeting Server Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: Feb 19, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 33.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) feature of Cisco Meeting Server software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition for users of XMPP conferencing applications. Other applications and processes are unaffected. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of XMPP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted XMPP packets to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause process crashes and a DoS condition for XMPP conferencing applications.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Cisco Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka Cisco, cisco systems
Cisco Meeting Server
Networking Infrastructure
Meeting Server
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cms-xmpp-dos-ptfGUsBx
tools.cisco.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cms-xmpp-dos-ptfGUsBx
tools.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3160
nvd.nist.gov

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