CVE-2008-6576

Unspecified vulnerability in the "session limitation technique" in the FTP service on Nortel Communications Server 1000 (CS1K) 4.50.x, when running on VGMC or signaling nodes, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failed updates) via unknown vectors that causes consumption of all available sessions.

Published: 2009-04-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6576 is rated Moderate Risk (59.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6576

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-21 1.66% 1.48% -0.18%
2 2025-03-30 1.14% 1.66% +0.52%
3 2025-03-29 1.14%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6576

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nortel cs1000 4.50 cpe:2.3:h:nortel:cs1000:4.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6576

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