Cisco – Bug in the implementation of (SIP) functionality in Cisco SPA50x, SPA51x, and SPA52x Series IP Phones

Advisory IDRSN-SIP-1794

Vulnerability Information

Vulnerability was reported in Cisco Small Business SPA50x/SPA51x/SPA52x Series IP Phones. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system. A remote user can send specially crafted Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request messages to the target device to cause the target device to become unresponsive. For more information on the affected versions, CVE-2017-12260 was assigned for this bug.

Release Date

2017-06-13 00:00:00

Technical Information

A vulnerability in the implementation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) functionality in Cisco Small Business SPA50x, SPA51x, and SPA52x Series IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to become unresponsive, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the improper handling of SIP request messages by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using formatted specifiers in a SIP payload that is sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to become unresponsive, resulting in a DoS condition that persists until the device is restarted manually. This vulnerability affects Cisco Small Business SPA50x, SPA51x, and SPA52x Series IP Phones that are running firmware release 7.6.2SR1 or earlier.

Solutions

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External Resources

Cisco Security Advisory

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-sip1

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12260