Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in the SIP processing subsystem of Cisco BroadWorks could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to halt the processing of incoming SIP requests, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper memory handling for certain SIP requests, which can be exploited by sending a high number of SIP requests to an affected system."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Network Server
Target Asset Cisco BroadWorks Network Server
Standard Path Global Firmware
Manual Verification Required
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Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
High
Internal Work Notes
Denial of Service vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks SIP Processing Subsystem, requiring manual intervention to recover. Apply security patch from Cisco Security Advisory: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-sip-dos-mSySbrmt
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Intelligence Sources
Official Advisoryhttps://blog.clamav.net/2025/01/clamav-142-and-108-security-patch.html
Official Advisoryhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-sip-dos-mSySbrmt
Official Advisoryhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA
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