Digital Content ManagerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2015-4228
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 Digital Content Manager (DCM) 15.0.0 might allow remote ad servers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via malformed ad messages, aka Bug ID CSCur13999.
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 · moderate confidenceCisco Digital Content Manager (DCM) version 15.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in its ad message processing functionality. Remote ad servers can send malformed ad messages to trigger an involuntary system reboot of the DCM device.
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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
Digital Content ManagerApplication
= 15.0.0CVSS 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
- High
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:H/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 Cisco DCM installationLocate and confirm Cisco Digital Content Manager software is installed on the system. Check system inventory, software list, or running processes for 'DCM' or 'Digital Content Manager' references.Affected if Cisco DCM software is present on the system
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Check DCM version numberAccess the DCM admin interface or command line to retrieve the installed software version. Typical commands include 'show version' or checking the 'About' section in the web UI.Affected if Version returned is exactly 15.0.0
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Verify ad message processing is configuredCheck the DCM configuration for ad insertion or ad message processing functionality. Look for settings related to ad servers, ad insertion, or ad messaging in the web interface or config files.Affected if Ad message processing feature is enabled or configured in DCM
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Assess network exposure to ad serversReview firewall rules, access control lists, or network segmentation configurations to determine if the DCM ad server interface is accessible from untrusted networks.Affected if DCM accepts connections from untrusted or public networks on ad server communication ports (typically 80/443 or custom ad serving ports)
The system is affected if Cisco DCM version 15.0.0 is installed with ad message processing enabled and accessible to potential malicious ad servers.
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 the vendor patch from Cisco for DCM 15.0.0 (Bug ID CSCur13999). Implement network segmentation to restrict ad server communications to trusted sources only.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-4228 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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