CVE-2005-2242 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Cisco CallManager by sending crafted packets to CTI Manager or CallManager services.
- 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-2005-2242?
CVE-2005-2242 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart) via crafted packets to (1) the CTI Manager (ctimgr.exe) or (2) the CallManager (ccm.exe).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2242?
How do I fix CVE-2005-2242?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2242 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-2005-2242 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2242 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w635-r3jv-vvc6.