Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco IP Phones 7910, 7940, and 7960

CVE-2002-0880

Summary

Cisco IP Phones including models 7910, 7940, and 7960 are susceptible to a denial of service condition. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted packets, resulting in a crash of the affected devices. Various tools such as 'jolt', 'jolt2', 'raped', 'hping2', 'bloop', 'bubonic', 'mutant', 'trash', and 'trash2' have been noted to demonstrate this attack. Businesses relying on these VoIP devices should ensure they are employing adequate security measures to mitigate potential threats.

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