A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol processing feature of...

8.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol processing feature of Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series firmware could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a stack overflow on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of received Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, resulting in possible remote code execution or a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipp-oobwrite-8cMF5r7U

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Affected Software

Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software

Vulnerable Versions:

9.3(4) 3rd Party, 9.3(4)SR3 3rd Party, 9.3(4)SR1 3rd Party, 9.3(4)SR2 3rd Party, 11.5(1), 11.7(1), 11.0(0.7) MPP, 11.0(1) MPP, 11.0(1), 11.5(1)SR1, 11-0-1MSR1-1, 10.4(1) 3rd Party, 10.3(1.11) 3rd Party, 10.2(2), 10.2(1)SR1, 10.1(1.9), 10.1(1)SR2, 10.2(1), 10.1(1)SR1, 10.4(1)SR2 3rd Party, 10.3(1), 10.3(1)SR4b, 10.3(1)SR5, 10.3(1.9) 3rd Party, 10.3(2), 10.3(1)SR4, 10.3(1)SR2, 10.3(1)SR3, 10.3(1)SR1, 12.6(1), 12.1(1), 12.5(1)SR1, 12.5(1)SR2, 12.5(1), 12.5(1)SR3, 12.6(1)SR1, 12.7(1), 12.1(1)SR1, 12.0(1), 12.0(1)SR2, 12.0(1)SR1, 12.0(1)SR3, 12.8(1), 12.8(1)SR1, 12.8(1)SR2, 10.3(1)SR6, 10.3(1)SR7, 12.7(1)SR1, 14.0(1)SR1, 14.0(1), 14.0(1)SR2, 14.0(1)SR3, 14.1(1), 14.1(1)SR1