CVE-2018-0203
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the SMTP relay of Cisco Unity Connection could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send unsolicited email messages, aka a Mail Relay Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of domain information in the affected software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send email messages to arbitrary addresses. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg62215.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Unity Connectioncisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20180221-cucCisco Unity Connection Mail Relay Vulnerability2018-02-21csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the SMTP relay of Cisco Unity Connection could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send unsolicited email messages. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of domain information in the affected software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send email messages to arbitrary addresses. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180221-cuc ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180221-cuc"]
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references (10)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040413cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvg62215Patchcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180221-cuccnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103142cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103142enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040413enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180221-cucenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103142Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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