CVE-2008-1158 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published 16 May 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco Unified Presence via malformed packets, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2008-1158?

CVE-2008-1158 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Presence Engine (PE) service in Cisco Unified Presence before 6.0(1) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump and service interruption) via malformed packets, aka Bug ID CSCsh50164.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1158?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unified Presence Server.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1158?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1158 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-2008-1158 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x56x-34v5-jwgx.