CVE-2008-3157

Published: Jul 11, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.x MCS5100 and MCS5200 does not limit the number of concurrent sessions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of sessions.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

sip multimedia pc client nortel

On-prem

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

n/a n/a

nortelcommercialCANetworking Infrastructureaka contivity, mobile voice client 2050, business communications manager

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30854

secunia.com

http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738961

support.nortel.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020371

securitytracker.com

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Timeline

Published

Jul 11, 2008

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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