CVE-2007-4459

Public Exploit

Description

Cisco IP Phone 7940 and 7960 with P0S3-08-6-00 firmware, and other SIP firmware before 8.7(0), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) via (1) a certain sequence of 10 invalid SIP INVITE and OPTIONS messages; or (2) a certain invalid SIP INVITE message that contains a remote tag, followed by a certain set of two related SIP OPTIONS messages.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 70.93% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25378 vdb entry exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36125 vdb entry
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20070821-sip.shtml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26547 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065401.html mailing list
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3042 third party advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065402.html mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018591 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2928 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/36695 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4459?
CVE-2007-4459 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4459?
To fix CVE-2007-4459, 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-2007-4459 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4459 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~71% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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