CVE-2005-4794 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting various Cisco products, including IP Phones (7902/7905/7912), ATA 186/188, Unity Express, ACNS, and SESM. Attackers can exploit this by sending a malformed, compressed DNS packet containing an incorrect offset in the label length byte, leading to device crashes or instability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_and_content_networking_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
186CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ata:186:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
188CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ata:188:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:subscriber_edge_services_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7902:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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