CVE-2005-4794

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4794
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCisco 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Application And Content Networking Software All All All All
Application Cisco Ata 186 All All All
Application Cisco Ata 188 All All All
Hardware Cisco Ip Phone 7902 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ip Phone 7905 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ip Phone 7912 All All All All
Application Cisco Subscriber Edge Services Manager All All All All
Hardware Cisco Unity Express All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IP Phones Can Be Crashed With Specially Crafted Compressed DNS Data - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/19003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/al-20050524-00433.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.niscc.gov.uk
Cisco Unity Express Can Be Crashed With Specially Crafted Compressed DNS Data - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20050524-00432.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.niscc.gov.uk
Cisco Subscriber Edge Services Manager Can Be Crashed With Specially Crafted Compressed DNS Data - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Multiple Vendor DNS Message Decompression Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Cisco ACNS Can Be Crashed With Specially Crafted Compressed DNS Data - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Cisco ATA Can Be Crashed With Specially Crafted Compressed DNS Data - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - Cisco Various Products Compressed DNS Messages Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco - Networking, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Solutions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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