CVE-2008-3157 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.x MCS5100 and MCS5200 does not limit the number of concurrent sessions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of sessions.

Published: 2008-07-11

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nortel:sip_multimedia_pc_client:4.0::mcs5100:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nortel:sip_multimedia_pc_client:4.0::mcs5200:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3147	Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.x MCS5100 and MCS5200 does not limit the number of concurrent sessions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of sessions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00766.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30854
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738961
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020371
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=61
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1942/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43364

History

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Subscriptions

Nortel Sip Multimedia Pc Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-11T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:41.632Z

Reserved: 2008-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3157

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-11T22:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3157

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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