SparkApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-1324
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 · uneditedThe REST interface in Cisco Spark 2015-06 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource outage) by accessing an administrative page, aka Bug ID CSCuv84125.
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 confidenceThe REST interface in Cisco Spark 2015-06 contains a vulnerability where accessing an administrative page causes excessive resource consumption, leading to denial of service. Remote attackers can trigger this condition without authentication by making specific requests to the administrative functionality.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
SparkApplication
= 2015-06_baseCVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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 Spark installationLocate the Cisco Spark application or service on your system and determine how to retrieve its version information. This may be via the application itself, a service management console, or system inventory tools.Affected if The system has Cisco Spark installed and you can confirm its version.
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Verify the installed version matches affected releaseCompare your installed Cisco Spark version against '2015-06_base'. This specific base version is the only affected release for this CVE. Check product documentation or application version display for exact version string.Affected if The installed version is exactly '2015-06_base'.
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Confirm REST administrative interface is enabledCheck whether the REST interface administrative functionality is active on the system. This may involve reviewing service configuration files, checking listening network services, or consulting system documentation about enabled features.Affected if The REST administrative interface is enabled and accessible on the system.
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Assess network accessibility of administrative endpointsDetermine if the administrative REST endpoints are reachable from network locations. Review firewall rules, access control lists, or service binding configurations that control who can reach these administrative functions.Affected if Administrative REST endpoints are reachable from network locations without additional authentication barriers.
Your environment is affected if you have Cisco Spark version 2015-06_base with its REST administrative interface enabled and accessible, as this allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger resource exhaustion via specific administrative requests.
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 Cisco's available patches for this vulnerability (refer to Cisco advisory). If patches are unavailable, consider network-level restrictions to limit access to administrative endpoints or implement rate limiting on the REST interface.
Fix this in Spark
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-2016-1324 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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