CVE-2010-2840 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco Unified Presence by sending a malformed SIP SUBSCRIBE message with an erroneous Contact field.
- 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-2010-2840?
CVE-2010-2840 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Aug 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Presence Engine (PE) service in Cisco Unified Presence 6.x before 6.0(7) and 7.x before 7.0(8) does not properly handle an erroneous Contact field in the header of a SIP SUBSCRIBE message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process failure) via a malformed message, aka Bug ID CSCtd39629.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2840?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Presence Server.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2840?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2840 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-2010-2840 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2840 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8q52-6xmp-rvx5.