22469 : Cisco Unified IP Phone 79xx SYN Flood Device Reboot Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-01-10

Description

Cisco 79xx IP phones contain a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when an attacker initiates a SYN flood against the phone, and will result in loss of availability for the device.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.1(0.10) or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Cisco Systems, Inc.	7940 IP Phone	6.0(4.2)
		7.0(2.0)
	7960 IP Phone	7.0(2.0)
		6.0(4.2)

References

Security Tracker: 1015488
Milw0rm: 1411
Exploit Database: 1411
Bugtraq ID: 16200
Secunia Advisory ID: 18479
SCIP VulDB ID: 1981
CVE ID: 2006-0179 (see also: NVD)
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-0202
Keyword: CSCef33398
Other Advisory URL: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml

Credit

Knud Erik Højgaard -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-01-12 | Disagree?

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