Nortel Business Communications Manager authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Nortel Business Communications Manager. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in authentication spoofing. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-5640. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nortel Business Communications Manager (unknown version). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The Nortel UNIStim IP Softphone 2050, IP Phone 1140E, and additional Nortel products from the IP Phone, Business Communications Manager (BCM), Mobile Voice Client, and other product lines, allow remote attackers to block calls and force re-registration via a resume message to the Signaling Server that has a spoofed source IP address for the phone. NOTE: the attack is more disruptive if a new spoofed resume message is sent after each re-registration.

The weakness was presented 10/18/2007 with Compass Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.nortel.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-5640 since 10/23/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37254), SecurityFocus (BID 26124†), OSVDB (41772†) and Secunia (SA27234†). See VDB-39406 and VDB-39405 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Nortel

Name

• Business Communications Manager

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: http://www.nortel-canada.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/18/2007 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nortel-canada.com

Advisory: support.nortel.com
Organization: Compass Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5640 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5640
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39408
X-Force: 37254 - Nortel IP Phone UNIStim re-register denial of service
SecurityFocus: 26124 - Nortel UNIStim IP Phone Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27234 - Nortel Products Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 41772 - Nortel Multiple Products Signaling Server Spoofed Re-registration DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 11/03/2017 08:00
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (53), 11/03/2017 08:00 (8)
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