CVE-2008-5871

MEDIUM 6.4CVE-2008-5871 · Published 08/01/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5871 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability affecting multimedia communication server 5100 (nortel).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 75.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
multimedia communication server 5100 nortel	`= 3.0.13`	No fix yet

Description

Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MSC) 5100 3.0.13 does not verify credentials during call placement, which allows remote attackers to spoof and redirect VoIP calls, possibly related to the snoop command.

References

secunia.com/advisories/32203 · Vendor Advisory
support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp
voipshield.com/research-details.php
securityfocus.com/bid/31640
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2779
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45752

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