CVE-2008-4543

Description

Cisco Unity 4.x before 4.2(1)ES161, 5.x before 5.0(1)ES53, and 7.x before 7.0(2)ES8, when using anonymous authentication (aka native Unity authentication), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session exhaustion) via a large number of connections.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.19% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32187 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45743 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021013 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31642 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2771 vdb entry
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a0d861.html vendor advisory
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=128

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4543?
CVE-2008-4543 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4543?
To fix CVE-2008-4543, 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-2008-4543 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4543 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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