CVE-2006-0179

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Published Jan 11, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 13.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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: 13.6% (13.576% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl
http://secunia.com/advisories/18479
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/22469
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ip Phone 7940

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:25 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 11, 2006, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:25 PM
Reserved: Jan 11, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 11, 2006, 9:03 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM

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