CVE-2007-0961 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a device reboot via malformed SIP packets when SIP inspection is enabled on Cisco PIX, ASA, and FWSM appliances.
- 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-2007-0961?
CVE-2007-0961 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Asa 5500, published on 16 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco PIX 500 and ASA 5500 Series Security Appliances 6.x before 6.3(5.115), 7.0 before 7.0(5.2), and 7.1 before 7.1(2.5), and the FWSM 3.x before 3.1(3.24), when the "inspect sip" option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) via malformed SIP packets.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0961?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Asa 5500, Cisco Pix Firewall Software.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0961?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0961 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-2007-0961 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0961 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Asa 5500
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qp89-w7pq-p5cc.