CVE-2006-0179

N/A Unknown

Published: January 11, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/18479

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/22469

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl