Prime Central For Hosted Collaboration Solution AssuranceApplication · Cisco

CVE-2013-3390

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2013-08-25
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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87/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Memory leak in Cisco 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, aka Bug ID CSCub59158.

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 confidence

A memory leak vulnerability in Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) Assurance versions 8.6 and 9.x before 9.2(1) allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by sending a flood of TCP packets, leading to excessive memory consumption.

MitigationUpgrade to Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance version 9.2(1) or later to patch the memory leak vulnerability.

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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
Affected:= 8.6= 9.0= 9.1= 9.1.1= 9.2

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify the installed product
    Locate the Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance installation and confirm the product name matches exactly
    Affected if The product is not Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance
  2. Determine the installed version
    Use the product's web interface, CLI, or system information to retrieve the exact version number of the Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance installation
    Affected if The version is 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, or any version 9.2 prior to 9.2(1)
  3. Verify network exposure
    Confirm that the Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance management interface is network accessible (typically via HTTP/HTTPS on ports 8080, 8443, or similar)
    Affected if The management interface is exposed to network access without proper filtering

A user is affected if they have Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance versions 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, or any 9.2 version before 9.2(1) installed and the management interface is network accessible.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade to Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance version 9.2(1) or later to patch the memory leak vulnerability.

Fix this in Prime Central For Hosted Collaboration Solution Assurance Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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