CVE-2005-2241 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco CallManager by exploiting a resource leak in the Realtime Information Server Data Collection 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-2005-2241?

CVE-2005-2241 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco CallManager (CCM) 3.2 and earlier, 3.3 before 3.3(5), 4.0 before 4.0(2a)SR2b, and 4.1 4.1 before 4.1(3)SR1 does not quickly time out Realtime Information Server Data Collection (RISDC) sockets, which results in a "resource leak" that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and connection consumption) in RisDC.exe.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2241?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Call Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2241?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2241 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-2005-2241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p2fc-grwr-w3x3.

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