Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Video Phone 8875 with SIP Software Denial of Service Vulnerability
Cisco warns of a DoS flaw in SIP software on Desk Phone 9800 and IP Phone 7800/8800 series from improper HTTP packet memory handling.
Cisco disclosed a denial of service vulnerability affecting Desk Phone 9800 Series, IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Video Phone 8875 devices running Cisco SIP Software. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a continuous stream of crafted HTTP packets, causing sustained memory consumption until the device becomes unresponsive. A manual reboot is required to recover an affected device. No CVE identifier was listed in the advisory text.
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