CVE-2008-6576

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6576
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-01 22:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the "session limitation technique" in the FTP service on Nortel Communications Server 1000 (CS1K) 4.50.x, when running on VGMC or signaling nodes, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failed updates) via unknown vectors that causes consumption of all available sessions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Nortel Cs1000 4.50 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Nothing found for Research Details Php?id=11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.voipshield.com
Nortel Networks Communication Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Nortel: Technical Support: Nortel response to VoIP potential security vulnerabilities in CS 1000 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.nortel.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Nortel Communication Server 1000 Firmware Update FTP Service Can Be Blocked By Remote Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Nortel Networks Communication Server 1000 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/44380 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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