HTTP: Microsoft Communicator SIP INVITE Message Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Microsoft Communicator . This could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Extended Description

Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SIP INVITE requests, which trigger the creation of many sessions.

Affected Products

Microsoft office_communicator

References

BugTraq: 39221

CVE: CVE-2008-5180

Short Name
VOIP:SIP:INVITE-MSG-DOS
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
VOIP
Keywords
CVE-2008-5180 Communicator Denial INVITE Message Microsoft SIP Service bid:39221 of
Release Date
11/26/2014
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3375
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Microsoft

CVSS Score

5.0

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