CVE-2013-1187 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Cisco Jabber XCP Connection Manager by sending malformed login packets, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-1187?

CVE-2013-1187 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Connection Manager in Cisco Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (aka Jabber XCP) does not properly validate login data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) by sending a series of malformed login packets, aka Bug ID CSCts76762.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1187?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Jabber Extensible Communications Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1187?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1187 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-2013-1187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9q5h-6xc7-8447.

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