CVE-2019-15966 Denial of service in Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway
An authenticated remote attacker can cause a denial of service on Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway devices by sending crafted HTTP requests due to lack of input validation.
- 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-2019-15966?
CVE-2019-15966 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway, published on 5 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web application of Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to the lack of input validation in the web application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted authenticated HTTP request to the device. An exploit could allow the attacker to stop services on an affected device. The device may become inoperable and results in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15966?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Telepresence Advanced Media Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15966?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15966 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-2019-15966 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15966 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Advanced Media Gateway
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fwcm-x5rp-r8ch.