High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12293
CVE-2017-12293
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient limitations on the number of connections that can be made to the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening multiple connections to the server and exhausting server resources. A successful exploit could cause the server to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf41006.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_meetings_server:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_meetings_server:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101492nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039618nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-wmsnvdVendor Advisory
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