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TITLE:
Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client Session Handling Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30854

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30854/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/19179/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the connection
handling and can be exploited to exhaust resources by creating a
large number of sessions.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.x. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Use only in a trusted network environment.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
VoIPshield

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

VoIPshield:
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=61

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