# CVE-2018-0290: Denial of service in Cisco SocialMiner Notification System

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco SocialMiner by sending malicious TCP packets, requiring a manual service restart.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2018
- **Updated:** 29 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8f5c-4jx4-7pq4

## What is CVE-2018-0290?

CVE-2018-0290 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco SocialMiner Notification System, published on 17 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the TCP stack of Cisco SocialMiner could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition in the notification system. The vulnerability is due to faulty handling of new TCP connections to the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious TCP packet to the vulnerable service. An exploit could allow the attacker to create a DoS condition by interrupting certain phone services. A manual restart of the service may be required to restore full functionalities. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh48368.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Socialminer.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-0290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-0290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco SocialMiner Notification System

- [CVE-2017-12216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12216/): XML external entity in Cisco SocialMiner (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1668/): Cisco SocialMiner Chat Feed Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2018-15435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15435/): Cisco SocialMiner Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-6702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6702/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco SocialMiner (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-5489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5489/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-0290 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco SocialMiner Notification System, published on 17 May 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-2018-0290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco SocialMiner Notification System. 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-2018-0290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0290

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