CVE Published: 06/11/2020 |
CVE Updated: 13/11/2024 |
CVE Year: 2020 Source: cisco |
Vendor: Cisco |
Product: Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2020-27121 Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the Cisco XCP Authentication Service on an affected device to restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of login requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted client login request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a process to crash, resulting in a DoS condition for new login attempts. Users who are authenticated at the time of the attack would not be affected. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L