CVE-2010-4686 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in Cisco CallManager Express by sending specific SIP traffic.

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-2010-4686?

CVE-2010-4686 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 7 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CallManager Express (CME) on Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA1 does not properly handle SIP TRUNK traffic that contains rate bursts and a "peculiar" request size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending this traffic over a long duration, aka Bug ID CSCtb47950.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4686?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4686?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4686 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-2010-4686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7q2f-h8g2-vv4p.

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