Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0179
CVE-2006-0179
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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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- secunia.com/advisories/18479nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.plnvdExploit
- securitytracker.com/idnvdExploitPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200nvdExploit
- www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202nvdVendor Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/22469nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411nvd
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