Prime Central For Hosted Collaboration Solution AssuranceApplication · Cisco
CVE-2013-3389
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) Assurance 8.6 and 9.x before 9.2(1) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of TCP packets to port (1) 61615 or (2) 61616, aka Bug ID CSCtz90114.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) Assurance versions 8.6 and 9.x before 9.2(1) contains a denial of service vulnerability where remote attackers can cause memory exhaustion by flooding TCP packets to ports 61615 or 61616. The vulnerability results in the application consuming excessive memory until it becomes unresponsive.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Prime Central For Hosted Collaboration Solution AssuranceApplication
= 8.6= 9.0= 9.1= 9.1.1= 9.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed version of Cisco Prime Central for HCS AssuranceAccess the application administration interface or use the command line tool provided by Cisco to query the installed software version. Common methods include checking the About page in the web GUI, running 'show version' via CLI, or reviewing installation documentation.Affected if Version equals 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, or any 9.2 version before 9.2(1)
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Determine if port 61615 is listeningRun a network port scan or use netstat/ss commands on the server to check if TCP port 61615 is open and listening for connections.Affected if Port 61615 is open and accepting connections from untrusted networks
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Determine if port 61616 is listeningRun a network port scan or use netstat/ss commands on the server to check if TCP port 61616 is open and listening for connections.Affected if Port 61616 is open and accepting connections from untrusted networks
You are affected if your installed Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance version is 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, or 9.2 (before 9.2(1)) AND ports 61615 or 61616 are accessible from networks where attackers could send traffic.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor patch by upgrading to Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance version 9.2(1) or later. As a compensating control, implement network filtering or firewall rules to restrict untrusted access to ports 61615 and 61616.
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