CVE-2008-4999 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nortel Networks UNIStim IP Phone 0604DAS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long ping packet ("ping of death"). NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by a third party, who tested it on 0604DAD. In addition, the original researcher was not able to reliably reproduce the issue.

Published: 2008-11-07

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 13.2% Moderate

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:nortel:unistim_ip_phone:0604das:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13233.

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References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4568
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488782/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488801/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488803/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28004
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40993

History

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Nortel Unistim Ip Phone

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-07T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:16.852Z

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

Link: CVE-2008-4999

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-07T19:36:24.087

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

Link: CVE-2008-4999

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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