CVE-2005-2243 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion through failed admin logins when Multi Level Admin is enabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2005-2243?

CVE-2005-2243 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jul 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in inetinfo.exe in 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, when Multi Level Admin (MLA) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of Admin Service Tool (AST) logins that fail.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2243?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Call Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2243?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2243 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-2005-2243 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2243 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hgj9-xqq4-q8ww.

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