CVE-2008-2218 (GCVE-0-2008-2218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1404… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/30038 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTND… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28994 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019957 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-04-30 00:00
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