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Cisco Systems has disclosed that a core component of its enterprise VOIP system is vulnerable to several serious security flaws. The flaws could allow remote attackers to compromise a company's VOIP network, redirect or listen in on calls and carry out other nastiness, according to Cisco and Internet cisco voip Security Systems (ISS), which discovered the flaws. While the bugs haven't yet been exploited, they VoIP Main Page
represent one of the most high-profile security scares in enterprise IP telephony to date. Enterprises are moving quickly to shift to IP-based
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hybrid. Cisco leads the market at the moment by a wide margin, with a 42 percent share
in North America, followed by Avaya with 14 percent, 3Com with 11 percent and Nortel with 9 percent, according to cisco training voip Gartner's research. Cisco reported five separate security bugs in CallManager, the call- processing component of the VoIP Main Page
Cisco IP telephony system. The most serious is
in the aupair.exe service, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow and execute malicious code. Aupair.exe can't be disabled for normal certification cisco voip CallManager use, Cisco said. CallManager is vulnerable in its default configuration, and an attack could be carried out without the need for prior authentication, ISS said. An attacker may be able to redirect calls or perform eavesdropping as a result of this VoIP Main Page
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be used to gain unauthorized access to networks and machines with Cisco VOIP products, the security firm said in an advisory. Cisco has released patches for the affected versions of CallManager, including VoIP Main Page
3.3 and earlier, 4.0 and 4.1. Its advisory and patching instructions are on Cisco's Web site.
Cisco Systems has disclosed that a core component of its enterprise VOIP system is vulnerable to several serious security flaws. The flaws could allow remote attackers to compromise a company's VOIP network, redirect or listen in on calls and carry out other nastiness, according to Cisco and Internet cisco voip Security Systems (ISS), which discovered the flaws. While the bugs haven't yet been exploited, they VoIP Main Page
represent one of the most high-profile security scares in enterprise IP telephony to date. Enterprises are moving quickly to shift to IP-based
telephone networks, with Gartner predicting that by 2007, 97 percent of new cisco phone voip enterprise phone systems installed in North America will be either VOIP or VoIP Main Page
hybrid. Cisco leads the market at the moment by a wide margin, with a 42 percent share
in North America, followed by Avaya with 14 percent, 3Com with 11 percent and Nortel with 9 percent, according to cisco training voip Gartner's research. Cisco reported five separate security bugs in CallManager, the call- processing component of the VoIP Main Page
Cisco IP telephony system. The most serious is
in the aupair.exe service, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow and execute malicious code. Aupair.exe can't be disabled for normal certification cisco voip CallManager use, Cisco said. CallManager is vulnerable in its default configuration, and an attack could be carried out without the need for prior authentication, ISS said. An attacker may be able to redirect calls or perform eavesdropping as a result of this VoIP Main Page
compromise. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cisco gateway voip
be used to gain unauthorized access to networks and machines with Cisco VOIP products, the security firm said in an advisory. Cisco has released patches for the affected versions of CallManager, including VoIP Main Page
3.3 and earlier, 4.0 and 4.1. Its advisory and patching instructions are on Cisco's Web site.
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