# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Sep 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9gcq-w2xv-xvf8

## 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: 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.

## Is CVE-2008-3801 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios

- [CVE-2017-12240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12240/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-3881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3881/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-0167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0167/): Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6736/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6737/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3801 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3801/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3801/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3801
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3801
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3801

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3801/
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