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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2017-6630

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation of Cisco IP Phone 8851 11.0(0.1) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to an abnormal SIP message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the CANCEL packet. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a disruption of service to the phone. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc34795.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW

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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  • Published