CVE-2007-2512
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAlcatel-Lucent IP-Touch Telephone running OmniPCX Enterprise 7.0 and later enables the mini switch by default, which allows attackers to gain access to the voice VLAN via daisy-chained systems.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Alcatel-Lucent IP-Touch Telephone running OmniPCX Enterprise 7.0 and later has a mini switch feature enabled by default. This allows an attacker who can connect a device to the phone's Ethernet port (daisy-chaining) to bypass network controls and gain unauthorized access to the voice VLAN, potentially exposing sensitive VoIP traffic and systems.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 7.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Alcatel-Lucent IP-Touch phones in your environmentInventory network devices or access your phone management system to list deployed IP-Touch telephone modelsAffected if Alcatel-Lucent IP-Touch phones are present on the network
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Verify OmniPCX Enterprise versionCheck the phone's web interface, management console, or contact your Alcatel-Lucent support to determine the OmniPCX Enterprise software version running on the affected phonesAffected if The OmniPCX Enterprise version is 7.0
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Confirm mini switch feature statusAccess the IP-Touch phone administration interface or the OmniPCX management console and look for the mini switch or daisy-chain configuration settingAffected if The mini switch feature is enabled (this is the default and vulnerable configuration)
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Assess network access controls on phone portsReview switch port configurations and NAC policies to determine whether phone Ethernet ports allow unauthorized devices to connectAffected if No NAC, 802.1X authentication, or port security is enforced on phone ports, allowing any device to be daisy-chained through the phone
You are affected if you have IP-Touch phones running OmniPCX Enterprise 7.0 with the mini switch feature enabled and no network access controls preventing unauthorized devices from connecting to phone Ethernet ports.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataDisable the mini switch feature on affected IP-Touch phones and implement strict network access control (NAC) to prevent unauthorized devices from connecting to phone ports. Consider VLAN segmentation and 802.1X authentication to restrict access to the voice VLAN.
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