CVE-2006-0179

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0179
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-11 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.

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: CWE-119 | 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
Hardware Cisco Ip Phone 7940 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IP Phone 7940 (Reboot) Denial of Service Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Cisco - Networking, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Solutions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Cisco 7940/7960 IP Phones Can Be Crashed by Remote Users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch
Cisco IP Phone 7940 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Cisco IP Phones SYN Flood Device Reload Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 downloads.securityfocus.com Exploit
www.osvdb.org/22469 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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