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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2017-6656

Severity Medium
Score 5.9/10

Summary

A vulnerability in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call handling of Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series devices could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the SIP process unexpectedly restarting. All active phone calls are dropped as the SIP process restarts. More Information: CSCvc29353. Known Affected Releases: 11.0(0.1). Known Fixed Releases: 11.0(0)MP2.153 11.0(0)MP2.62.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published