CVE-2003-0556

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Published Jul 15, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Polycom MGC 25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of "user" requests to the control port 5003, as demonstrated using the blast TCP stress tester.

Affected Products

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:h:polycom:mgc-100::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:polycom:mgc-25:5.51.21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:polycom:mgc-25:5.51.211:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:polycom:mgc-50::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0550	Polycom MGC 25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of "user" requests to the control port 5003, as demonstrated using the blast TCP stress tester.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.258% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006494.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105804648003163&w=2

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Polycom Mgc-100 Mgc-25 Mgc-50

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:58 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 15, 2003, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:58 AM
Reserved: Jul 14, 2003, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:02 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 18, 2003, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:02 PM

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