CVE-2013-1161 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Cisco Jabber for Android by sending crafted XMPP presence updates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-1161?
CVE-2013-1161 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Mar 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The XML parser in the Cisco Jabber IM application for Android allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (blocked connection) by leveraging an entry on a Buddy list and sending a crafted XMPP presence update message, aka Bug ID CSCue38383.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1161?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Jabber Im.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1161?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1161 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-1161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-75x2-v37c-mx8j.