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>> Nortel Multimedia Communication Server PC Client Vulnerability

Title : Nortel Multimedia Communication Server PC Client Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1404
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2218
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-05-02

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A vulnerability has been identified in Nortel Multimedia Communication Server, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the PC Client when processing when handling a flood of specially crafted messages, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected application, creating a denial of service condition.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Parvez Anwar.

ChangeLog

2008-05-02 : Initial release

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