PT-2008-5775 · Cisco · Cisco Unity

Published 2008-10-13 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4543

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Unity versions 4.x through 4.2(1)ES160 Cisco Unity versions 5.x through 5.0(1)ES52 Cisco Unity versions 7.x through 7.0(1)ES7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically session exhaustion, by establishing a large number of connections when anonymous authentication, also known as native Unity authentication, is used.

Recommendations For Cisco Unity versions 4.x through 4.2(1)ES160, update to version 4.2(1)ES161 or later. For Cisco Unity versions 5.x through 5.0(1)ES52, update to version 5.0(1)ES53 or later. For Cisco Unity versions 7.x through 7.0(1)ES7, update to version 7.0(2)ES8 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4543

Affected Products

Cisco Unity

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4543 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a0d861.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32187 · Vendor Advisory
• http://voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=128 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31642 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45743 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2771 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021013 · Note