CVE-2018-0391 Denial of service in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown

Medium 6.5 Published 1 Aug 2018 Updated 26 Nov 2024

An authenticated remote attacker can cause a denial of service in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning by exploiting insufficient validation in the password change function.

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-2018-0391?

CVE-2018-0391 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unknown, published on 1 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the password change function of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the system to become inoperable. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a password change request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by changing a specific administrator account password. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to become inoperable, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) Releases 12.2 and prior. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd86586.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0391?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Prime Collaboration, Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0391?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0391 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-2018-0391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j78h-xf75-9x37.