Cisco Unified Callmanager up to 4.2 Certificate Trust List ctlprovider.exe memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Callmanager up to 4.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file ctlprovider.exe of the component Certificate Trust List. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Certificate Trust List (CTL) Provider service (CTLProvider.exe) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 4.2 before 4.2(3)SR3 and 4.3 before 4.3(1)SR1, and CallManager 4.0 and 4.1 before 4.1(3)SR5c, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long request.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2008. The weakness was presented 01/16/2008 by Cody Pierce with TippingPoint (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0027 since 12/17/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 4.1%283%29sr5 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8879.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (39704).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Cody Pierce
Organization: TippingPoint
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0027 (🔍)
X-Force: 39704
SecurityTracker: 1019223
Vulnerability Center: 17385 - [cisco-sa-20080116-cucmctl] Cisco CUCM Heap Based Buffer Overflow, Critical
SecurityFocus: 27313 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager CTL Provider Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 28530
OSVDB: 40357 - Cisco - Unified Communications Manager - CTL Provider Heap Buffer Overflow Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0171

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/03/2019 17:23
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (67), 08/03/2019 17:23 (10)
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