CVE-2003-0556 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Polycom MGC 25 by flooding its control port with user requests, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0556?
CVE-2003-0556 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jul 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Polycom MGC 25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of "user" requests to the control port 5003, as demonstrated using the blast TCP stress tester.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0556?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Polycom Mgc-100, Polycom Mgc-25, Polycom Mgc-50.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0556?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0556 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-0556 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0556 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pcqp-c29m-vvc7.