Cisco Unified Presence Server prior 7.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Unified Presence Server. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-2874. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Unified Presence Server and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The TimesTenD process in Cisco Unified Presence 1.x, 6.x before 6.0(6), and 7.x before 7.0(4) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a large number of TCP connections to ports 16200 and 22794, aka Bug ID CSCsy17662.

The weakness was presented 10/16/2009 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2874. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53772), SecurityFocus (BID 36675†), Secunia (SA37039†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023018†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23776†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

Unified Presence Server

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unified Presence Server 7.0

Timelineinfo

08/19/2009 🔍
10/14/2009 +56 days 🔍
10/16/2009 +2 days 🔍
10/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
10/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
10/20/2009 +4 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1975 days 🔍
04/09/2025 +3675 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-2874 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50458
X-Force: 53772
SecurityFocus: 36675 - Cisco Unified Presence TimesTenD Process Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 37039
SecurityTracker: 1023018
Vulnerability Center: 23776 - [cisco-sa-20091014-cup] Cisco Unified Presence 1.*, 6-6.0(5), and 7-7.0(3) TimesTenD Remote DoS, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/09/2025 21:02
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (48), 02/15/2017 11:32 (9), 08/24/2021 01:06 (3), 11/29/2024 17:43 (17), 04/09/2025 21:02 (1)
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