Cisco Unity denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unity. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-4544. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Unity (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in an unspecified Microsoft API, as used by Cisco Unity and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending crafted packets to dynamic UDP ports, related to a "processing error."

The bug was discovered 10/08/2008. The weakness was shared 10/13/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4544 since 10/13/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

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 (45746), SecurityFocus (BID 31642†), OSVDB (50074†), SecurityTracker (ID 1021020†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19797†). The entries VDB-44470, VDB-44468, VDB-44467 and VDB-44400 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44469
X-Force: 45746
SecurityFocus: 31642 - Cisco Unity 7.0 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 50074 - Cisco Unity Microsoft API unspecified denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1021020
Vulnerability Center: 19797 - [cisco-sr-20081008-unity] Cisco Unity Server Unspecified Microsoft API Allows Remote DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2771

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/19/2019 09:50
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (62), 08/19/2019 09:50 (3)
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