Cisco Unified Communications Manager up to 5.0 Certificate Trust List resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager up to 5.0. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Certificate Trust List. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-1742. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager up to 5.0 (Unified Communication Software). This affects an unknown function of the component Certificate Trust List. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory leak in the Certificate Trust List (CTL) Provider service in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 5.x before 5.1(3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and service interruption) via a series of malformed TCP packets, as demonstrated by TCPFUZZ, aka Bug ID CSCsj80609.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2008. The weakness was shared 05/16/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1742 since 04/11/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42410), SecurityFocus (BID 29221†), OSVDB (45209†), Secunia (SA30238†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020022†). The entries VDB-42405, VDB-42404, VDB-42403 and VDB-42402 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Unified Communication Software

Vendor

Cisco

Name

Unified Communications Manager

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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

Timelineinfo

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05/14/2008 +33 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1742 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1742
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42399
X-Force: 42410
SecurityFocus: 29221 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30238
OSVDB: 45209 - CVE-2008-1742 - Cisco - Unified Communications Manager - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020022
Vulnerability Center: 18409 - [cisco-sa-20080514-cucmdos] Cisco CTL 5-5.1(2) DoS By Malformed TCP Packets (Bug ID CSCsj80609), Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1533

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 12:19
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (61), 08/10/2019 12:19 (10)
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