CVE-2008-2218 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Nortel Multimedia Communication Server by flooding it with extraneous messages, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2008-2218?
CVE-2008-2218 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the Multimedia PC Client in Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) before Maintenance Release 3.5.8.3 and 4.0.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of "extraneous" messages, as demonstrated by the Nessus "Generic flood" denial of service plugin.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nortel Multimedia Communications Server.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2218 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-2008-2218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3p3q-w36v-m4vj.