CVE-2009-2874 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published 16 Oct 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the TimesTenD process in Cisco Unified Presence by flooding TCP connections, 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-2009-2874?

CVE-2009-2874 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TimesTenD process in Cisco Unified Presence 1.x, 6.x before 6.0(6), and 7.x before 7.0(4) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a large number of TCP connections to ports 16200 and 22794, aka Bug ID CSCsy17662.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2874?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Unified Presence Server.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2874?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2874 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-2009-2874 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2874 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-phqm-4q46-2r6c.