Cisco IOS up to 12.4 memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco IOS 12.0/12.1/12.2/12.3/12.4. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-4292. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.0/12.1/12.2/12.3/12.4 (Router Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple memory leaks in Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a malformed SIP packet, aka (1) CSCsf11855, (2) CSCeb21064, (3) CSCse40276, (4) CSCse68355, (5) CSCsf30058, (6) CSCsb24007, and (7) CSCsc60249.

The weakness was released 08/08/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4292 since 08/09/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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 (36670†) and Secunia (SA26363†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3236, VDB-38278, VDB-38277 and VDB-38275. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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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-2007-4292 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4292
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38276

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X-Force: 35890
SecurityFocus: 25239 - Cisco IOS and Unified Communications Manager Multiple Voice Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26363
OSVDB: 36670 - Cisco IOS Malformed SIP Packet Remote DoS (CSCsc60249)
SecurityTracker: 1018533
Vulnerability Center: 15847 - [cisco-sa-20070808-IOS-voice] Cisco IOS Memory Leaks Allows DoS via Malformed SIP Packets, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2816

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/23/2019 14:15
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (78), 07/23/2019 14:15 (2)
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