Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.0. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-3157. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.0 (IP Phone Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.x MCS5100 and MCS5200 does not limit the number of concurrent sessions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of sessions.

The weakness was released 07/11/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3157 since 07/11/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (43364), Secunia (SA30854†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020371†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/26/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2440 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +981 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nortel-canada.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3157 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3157
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43181
X-Force: 43364 - Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client connection handling denial of service
Secunia: 30854 - Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client Session Handling Denial of Service, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1020371
Vupen: ADV-2008-1942

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 11/22/2017 08:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (53), 11/22/2017 08:21 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:9CB:103

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