CVE-2006-5553 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Security Agent (CSA) for Linux versions 4.5 prior to 4.5.1.657 and 5.0 prior to 5.0.0.193, specifically when used with Cisco Unified CallManager (CUCM) and Unified Presence Server (CUPS). Remote attackers can exploit this by conducting a port scan with specific options, leading to resource exhaustion. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and results in a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting it is not widely recognized or actively targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.1.639CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:4.5.1.639:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_callmanager:5.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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