Cisco IOS up to 12.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco IOS 12.0/12.1/12.2/12.3/12.4. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-4291. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.0/12.1/12.2/12.3/12.4 (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a malformed MGCP packet, which causes a device hang, aka CSCsf08998; a malformed H.323 packet, which causes a device crash, as identified by (2) CSCsi60004 with Proxy Unregistration and (3) CSCsg70474; and a malformed Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet, which causes a device crash, as identified by (4) CSCse68138, related to VOIP RTP Lib, and (5) CSCse05642, related to I/O memory corruption.

The weakness was published 08/08/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-4291 since 08/09/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49007 (Voice Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS and Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Cisco Systems), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43131 (Cisco IOS and Unified Communications Manager Multiple Voice Vulnerabilities (cisco-sr-20070808-mp)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35890), Tenable (49007), SecurityFocus (BID 25239†), OSVDB (36677†) and Secunia (SA26363†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3236, VDB-38278, VDB-38277 and VDB-38276. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Nessus ID: 49007
Nessus Name: Voice Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS and Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Cisco Systems
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4291 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4291
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38275

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X-Force: 35890
SecurityFocus: 25239 - Cisco IOS and Unified Communications Manager Multiple Voice Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26363
OSVDB: 36677 - Cisco IOS Malformed MGCP Packet Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018533
Vulnerability Center: 15846 - [cisco-sa-20070808-IOS-voice] Cisco IOS Vulnerability Allows DoS via MGCP, H.323, RTP packets, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2816

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/23/2019 13:03
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (79), 07/23/2019 13:03 (2)
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