Nortel Meridian CS 1000 Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018128
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018128
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2886
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: May 12 2008
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Original Entry Date: May 25 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 04.50W
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Nortel Meridian CS 1000. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted packet to cause the target media card to crash.
A reboot is required to return the
system to normal operation.
The vendor credits Eldon Sprickerhoff and Richard Gowman of eSentire with reporting this vulnerability.
[Editor's
note: eSentire reported a denial of service vulnerability at CanSecWest 2007: http://www.esentire.com/user_files/images/File/Presentations/UNIStimpy.pdf]
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Impact: A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a patch (MPLR 23899).
The Nortel advisory is available at:
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=584936&RenditionID=&poid=null
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Vendor URL: www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=584936&RenditionID=&poid=null (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Exception handling error
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 22:27:15 -0400
Subject: Potential Denial of Service Attack Vulnerability on Meridian/CS 1000
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http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=584936&RenditionID=&
poid=null
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