CVE-2005-4794

Description

Cisco IP Phones 7902/7905/7912, ATA 186/188, Unity Express, ACNS, and Subscriber Edge Services Manager (SESM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or instability) via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.27% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20712	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014044	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014043	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/15472	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf?lang=en
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014046	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/19003	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015975	vdb entry
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20050524-dns.shtml	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014045	vdb entry
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-4794?: CVE-2005-4794 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-4794?: To fix CVE-2005-4794, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-4794 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-4794 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.