National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6576
Original release date:04/01/2009
Last revised:04/18/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in the "session limitation technique" in the FTP service on Nortel Communications Server 1000 (CS1K) 4.50.x, when running on VGMC or signaling nodes, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failed updates) via unknown vectors that causes consumption of all available sessions.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: XF
Name: nortel-ftp-dos(41804)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=11
External Source: BID
Name: 28691
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=713455
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019845
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29747
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 44380