Avaya Argent Office UDP Packet denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Avaya Argent Office. This affects an unknown function of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2001-1259. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Avaya Argent Office (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Avaya Argent Office allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending UDP packets to port 53 with no payload.

The weakness was published 08/07/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1259. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling 53 (dns).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6953), Exploit-DB (23337) and SecurityFocus (BID 5704†). Similar entries are available at VDB-17136, VDB-17137 and VDB-17138. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

08/07/2001 🔍
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09/13/2002 +402 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +4315 days 🔍
01/25/2025 +3855 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: avaya.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17135
X-Force: 6953 - Argent Office UDP packet denial of service
SecurityFocus: 5704 - Avaya IP Office Malformed Packets Denial Of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 17:29
Updated: 01/25/2025 04:48
Changes: 07/07/2014 17:29 (55), 04/08/2019 16:28 (2), 01/25/2025 04:48 (22)
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