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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2015-4283

High
7.8/10

Summary

Cisco Videoscape Policy Resource Manager (PRM) 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption, and TCP service outage) via (1) a SYN flood or (2) another type of TCP traffic flood, aka Bug IDs CSCuu35104 and CSCuu35128.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published