CVE-2007-4291 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco IOS devices by sending malformed MGCP, H.323, or RTP packets.
- 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-2007-4291?
CVE-2007-4291 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 9 Aug 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a malformed MGCP packet, which causes a device hang, aka CSCsf08998; a malformed H.323 packet, which causes a device crash, as identified by (2) CSCsi60004 with Proxy Unregistration and (3) CSCsg70474; and a malformed Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet, which causes a device crash, as identified by (4) CSCse68138, related to VOIP RTP Lib, and (5) CSCse05642, related to I/O memory corruption.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4291?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4291?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4291 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-2007-4291 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4291 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-359p-85h2-2793.