CVE-2007-1542 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco IP Phones by sending a malicious SIP INVITE request with a crafted Remote-Party-ID field.
- 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-2007-1542?
CVE-2007-1542 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Cisco IP Phone 7940 and 7960 running firmware before POS8-6-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the Remote-Party-ID sipURI field in a SIP INVITE request. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1542?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco 7940 Router, Cisco 7960 Router.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1542?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1542 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-2007-1542 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1542 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jf8q-7p9f-qqch.