Cisco IP Phone Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2006-0179)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502719

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?30ef0fce

http://secunia.com/advisories/18479

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488

http://www.nessus.org/u?4eaef958

http://www.osvdb.org/22469

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502719

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 12/4/2024

Updated: 12/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-0179

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:ip_phone_7940

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0179

CWE: 119