# CVE-2010-2834: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause device reloads or voice outages in Cisco IOS and Unified Communications Manager by sending crafted SIP registration traffic.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/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:** 23 Sep 2010
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qghc-w7jx-4fqg

## What is CVE-2010-2834?

CVE-2010-2834 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 23 Sep 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.1, Cisco IOS XE 2.5.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka CUCM, formerly CallManager) 6.x before 6.1(5)SU1, 7.x before 7.1(5), and 8.0 before 8.0(2) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload or voice-services outage) via crafted SIP registration traffic over UDP, aka Bug IDs CSCtf72678 and CSCtf14987.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2834?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe, Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-2834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-2834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2010-2834 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-2834 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 23 Sep 2010. 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-2010-2834 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-2010-2834/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2834/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2834
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2834
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-2834

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2834/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.