Cisco Unified Communications Manager up to 5.x risdc.exe heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager up to 5.x. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file risdc.exe. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-5278. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager up to 5.x (Unified Communication Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file risdc.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the Real-Time Information Server (RIS) Data Collector service (RisDC.exe) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM, formerly CallManager) before 20070711 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets, resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2007. The weakness was published 07/11/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5278 since 10/13/2006. 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 known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 5.1%281%29 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19057), SecurityFocus (BID 24868†), OSVDB (36121†), Secunia (SA26043†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018369†). Similar entry is available at VDB-37796. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unified Communications Manager 5.1%281%29
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37805
X-Force: 19057
SecurityFocus: 24868 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager Multiple Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26043
OSVDB: 36121 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) Real-Time Information Server (RIS) Data Collector Service (RisDC.exe) Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018369
Vulnerability Center: 15598 - [cisco-sa-20070711-cucm] CUCM Real-Time Information Server Data Collector Heap Overflow, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2512

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2019 17:58
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (73), 07/21/2019 17:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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