CVE-2012-2486

Description

The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) implementation on Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch before 1.9.0, Cisco TelePresence Immersive Endpoint Devices before 1.9.1, Cisco TelePresence Manager before 1.9.0, and Cisco TelePresence Recording Server before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging certain adjacency and sending a malformed CDP packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtz40953, CSCtz40947, CSCtz40965, and CSCtz40953.

Category

8.3
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.03% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory cisco.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctms vendor advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctsman vendor advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-cts vendor advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctrs vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2486?
CVE-2012-2486 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2486?
To fix CVE-2012-2486, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2486 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2486 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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