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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106860
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series SIP DoS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170607-sip)
Summary:A vulnerability in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call; handling of Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series devices could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to; cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the SIP process unexpectedly restarting. All; active phone calls are dropped as the SIP process restarts.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call
handling of Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series devices could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to
cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to the SIP process unexpectedly restarting. All
active phone calls are dropped as the SIP process restarts.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of the
SIP packet header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed SIP packet
to a targeted phone.

Vulnerability Impact:
An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when
all phone calls are dropped, due to the SIP process unexpectedly restarting.

Solution:
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-6656
BugTraq ID: 98996
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98996
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038636
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG

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