CVE-2008-5180 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Microsoft Communicator by sending numerous SIP INVITE requests, leading to excessive memory consumption.
- 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-2008-5180?
CVE-2008-5180 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SIP INVITE requests, which trigger the creation of many sessions.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5180?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Office Communicator.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5180?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5180 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-2008-5180 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5180 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3j45-2pqx-6qf3.