CVE-2006-0179

Published: Jan 11, 2006Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.

Affected (1)

Products: Cisco: Ip Phone 7940

Cisco

1 product

Ip Phone 7940

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cisco Ip Phone 7940	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/18479

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatch

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/22469

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl