# CVE-2018-0204: Denial of service in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool

> Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service for individual users via brute-force login attempts due to weak controls.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-363j-7w3w-3w9g

## What is CVE-2018-0204?

CVE-2018-0204 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool, published on 22 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web portal of the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create a denial of service (DoS) condition for individual users. The vulnerability is due to weak login controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a brute-force attack (Repeated Bad Login Attempts). A successful exploit could allow the attacker to restrict user access. Manual administrative intervention is required to restore access. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd07264.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0204?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-0204?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0204 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-0204 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0204 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool

- [CVE-2017-6622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6622/): Command injection in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1416/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-4307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4307/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-6756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6756/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-12276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12276/): SQL injection in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0204 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-0204 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool, published on 22 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0204 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Tool. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0204/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0204/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0204
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0204
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0204

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