Microsoft Office Communicator resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Office Communicator. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-5180. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office Communicator (Office Suite Software) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SIP INVITE requests, which trigger the creation of many sessions.

The weakness was published 11/20/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-5180 since 11/20/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by indoushka in Perl and been published 2 years after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. 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 (57581), Exploit-DB (12079), SecurityFocus (BID 39221†), Secunia (SA32940†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021294†). Similar entries are available at VDB-45131 and VDB-45129. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: indoushka
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11/11/2008 🔍
11/20/2008 +9 days 🔍
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12/01/2008 +11 days 🔍
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04/06/2010 +491 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +595 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5180 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5180
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45130
X-Force: 57581
SecurityFocus: 39221 - Microsoft Office Communicator SIP Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 32940 - Microsoft Office Communications Server SIP INVITE Denial of Service, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021294 - Microsoft Office Communicator VoIP Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 40757 - Microsoft Communicator Allows Remote DoS via Excessive SIP INVITE Requests, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/11/2024 23:37
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (59), 05/07/2017 11:24 (17), 10/15/2024 22:24 (27), 11/11/2024 23:37 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:0E5:103

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