Cisco Skinny Client Control Protocol Firmware memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Cisco Skinny Client Control Protocol. This impacts an unknown function of the component Firmware. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0530. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Skinny Client Control Protocol (the affected version unknown) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Firmware. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940, 7940G, 7960, and 7960G running SCCP and SIP firmware might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/14/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0530 since 01/31/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/05/2019).

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43191 (Cisco Unified IP Phone Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40485), SecurityFocus (BID 27774†), OSVDB (41563†), Secunia (SA28935†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019406†). The entries VDB-41073, VDB-41071, VDB-41070 and VDB-41069 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0530 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0530
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41072
X-Force: 40485
SecurityFocus: 27774 - Cisco Unified IP Phone SCCP and SIP Protocol Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28935
OSVDB: 41563 - Cisco Unified IP Phone DNS response buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1019406
Vulnerability Center: 17644 - [cisco-sa-20080213-phone] Cisco Unified IP Phones Allow Remote Code Execution via Crafted DNS Packet, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-0543

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/05/2019 15:41
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (59), 08/05/2019 15:41 (10)
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