Vulnerability CVE-2008-2218
Published: 2008-05-14   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in the Multimedia PC Client in Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) before Maintenance Release 3.5.8.3 and 4.0.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of "extraneous" messages, as demonstrated by the Nessus "Generic flood" denial of service plugin.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Nortel -> Multimedia communications server 

 References:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1404/references
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019957
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28994
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=719698
http://secunia.com/advisories/30038
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