CVE-2006-5553 (GCVE-0-2006-5553)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:55
VLAI
Summary
Cisco Security Agent (CSA) for Linux 4.5 before 4.5.1.657 and 5.0 before 5.0.0.193, as used by Unified CallManager (CUCM) and Unified Presence Server (CUPS), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a port scan with certain options.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2325 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017118 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20737 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/30055 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_secu… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4198 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/22574 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-10-25 00:00
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