PT-2008-3723 · Nortel · Nortel Multimedia Communication Server+1

Published 2008-05-14 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) versions prior to 3.5.8.3 and 4.0.25.3

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the Multimedia PC Client. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a flood of extraneous messages.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.5.8.3, update to Maintenance Release 3.5.8.3 or later. For versions prior to 4.0.25.3, update to Maintenance Release 4.0.25.3 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2218

Affected Products

Multimedia Pc Client

Nortel Multimedia Communication Server

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2218 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42115 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019957 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1404/references · Note
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=719698 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28994 · Note