SocialminerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2018-0290
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 · uneditedA vulnerability in the TCP stack of Cisco SocialMiner could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition in the notification system. The vulnerability is due to faulty handling of new TCP connections to the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious TCP packet to the vulnerable service. An exploit could allow the attacker to create a DoS condition by interrupting certain phone services. A manual restart of the service may be required to restore full functionalities. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh48368.
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 confidenceA vulnerability in the TCP stack of Cisco SocialMiner allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause denial of service by sending malicious TCP packets. The faulty handling of new TCP connections to the affected application can interrupt phone services, requiring manual restart to restore functionality.
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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
SocialminerApplication
= 11.6\(1\)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
- 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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Confirm Cisco SocialMiner is installedIdentify if Cisco SocialMiner is present in the environment by checking for the product installation directory, service name, or running process related to SocialMiner.Affected if SocialMiner software is found on the system
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Check installed SocialMiner versionLocate and inspect the installed SocialMiner version using CLI commands, configuration files, or the application management interface. Compare the version number against 11.6(1).Affected if The installed version is exactly 11.6(1)
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Verify SocialMiner TCP services are runningCheck if the SocialMiner application services are active and listening on TCP ports. Use commands like netstat or ss to list open TCP listeners associated with SocialMiner.Affected if SocialMiner TCP services are actively listening
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Assess network exposure of SocialMinerDetermine if the SocialMiner TCP ports are accessible from network segments beyond the trusted internal network, including external or untrusted interfaces.Affected if SocialMiner TCP services are reachable from untrusted network segments
A user is affected if they have Cisco SocialMiner version 11.6(1) running with exposed TCP services accessible to potential attackers on the network.
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 Cisco patch for CSCvh48368 to address the TCP stack handling issue in SocialMiner. Until the patch is applied, consider network segmentation and firewall rules to limit exposure to the affected service.
Fix this in Socialminer
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-0290 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
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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