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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2011-2072

High
7.8/10

Summary

Memory leak in Cisco IOS 12.4, 15.0, and 15.1, Cisco IOS XE 2.5.x through 3.2.x, and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 6.x and 7.x before 7.1(5b)su4, 8.x before 8.5(1)su2, and 8.6 before 8.6(1) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device reload or process failure) via a malformed SIP message, aka Bug IDs CSCtl86047 and CSCto88686.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published