ID: 3355
Date: 23 August 2007 10:38
Title: 3355 - Cisco Security Response: Multiple SIP Vulnerabilities in the Cisco 7960 IP Phones
Abstract: Cisco PSIRT response to an issue discovered and reported to Cisco by Radu State, Humberto J. Abdelnur and Olivier Festor regarding two Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) vulnerabilities in the Cisco 7940/7960 IP Phones.
Vendors affected:Cisco
Applications affected:SIP
Warning Status: Imminent
Source: Cisco PSIRT
Reliability of source: Trusted
Source URL: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20070821-sip.shtml
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Cisco Security Response: Multiple SIP Vulnerabilities in the Cisco 7960 IP Phones
Document ID: 98592
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20070821-sip.shtml
Revision 1.0
For Public Release 2007 August 21 2200 UTC (GMT)
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Cisco Response
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This is the Cisco PSIRT response to an issue discovered and reported to Cisco by Radu State, Humberto J. Abdelnur and Olivier Festor regarding two Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) vulnerabilities in the Cisco 7940/7960 IP Phones.
The original reports are available at the following links:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-08/0385.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-08/0386.html
We greatly appreciate the opportunity to work with researchers on security vulnerabilities, and welcome the opportunity to review and assist in product reports.
Cisco has confirmes the following: This issue is documented as Cisco bug ID CSCsi68191. Cisco IP Phone 7940/7960 SIP firmware versions prior to 8.7(0) are vulnerable to the denial of service attacks detailed in the reports. Firmware versions 8.7(0) and later are not vulnerable to this issue. Version 8.7(0) firmware images for Cisco IP 7940/7960 phones can be obtained here:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/sip-ip-phone7960?psrtdcat20e2
Additional Information
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Revision History
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Cisco Security Procedures
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