CVE-2015-4269 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a management outage in Cisco Unified Communications Manager by exploiting the Tomcat throttling feature.
- 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-2015-4269?
CVE-2015-4269 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 14 Jul 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Tomcat throttling feature in Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.5(1.99995.9) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (management outage) by sending many requests, aka Bug ID CSCuu99709.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4269?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4269?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4269 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-2015-4269 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4269 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-20045 Cisco Unified Communications Products Code Injection
- CVE-2025-20309 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Static SSH Credentials Vulnerability
- CVE-2011-1643 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2024-20253 Deserialization in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise
Sources
Also known as GHSA-53w7-2xj6-8f7m.