CVE-2008-3801 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Cisco IOS and Unified Communications Manager via valid SIP messages when VoIP is configured.
- 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-2008-3801?
CVE-2008-3801 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 26 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and Unified Communications Manager 4.1 through 6.1, when VoIP is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device or process reload) via unspecified valid SIP messages, aka Cisco Bug ID CSCsm46064, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3800 and CVE-2008-3802.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3801?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Unified Callmanager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3801 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-2008-3801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9gcq-w2xv-xvf8.