CVE-2017-6745 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cache server of Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) for Television 3.2(5)ES1. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending excessive inbound traffic, exhausting system resources and causing the device to reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2\(5\)es1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.2\(5\)es1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(6\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.2\(6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2\(7\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.2\(7\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:videoscape_distribution_suite_for_television:3.4\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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