CVE-2007-5591

Description

The CS1000 signaling server in Nortel Enterprise VoIP-Core-CS 1000M Chassis/Cabinet, Enterprise VoIP-Core-CS 1000E and 1000S, Meridian-Core-Option 11C Chassis and Cabinet, and Meridian-Core-Option 51C, 61C, and 81C allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (telephony application outage) via a flood of packets to Embedded LAN (ELAN) ports.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.30% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27282	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3536	vdb entry vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37252	vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/41799	vdb entry
http://www.csnc.ch/static/advisory/csnc/nortel_telephony_server_denial_of_service_v1.0.txt
http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/42/022871-01.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26113	vdb entry
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=655204
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482484/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5591?: CVE-2007-5591 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5591?: To fix CVE-2007-5591, 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-2007-5591 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-5591 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.

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