CVE-2015-4240 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a service outage in Cisco IP Communicator by sending a malicious GET request with an unspecified URL.
- 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-2015-4240?
CVE-2015-4240 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IP Communicator 8.6(4) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via an unspecified URL in a GET request, aka Bug ID CSCuu37656.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4240?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ip Communicator.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4240?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4240 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-2015-4240 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4240 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2426-hmrr-whfq.