Global Knowledge purchased many 7965 phones to support labs the new features of Call Manger 4.2 and CUCM 6.0 that would not work on the older Cisco type A phone architecture.

Cisco has released a free software update to address each, and only the 7900 Series phones are affected. id unit-1659132512259 type Sponsored post ...

CVE-2023-20079 (CVSS score 7.5) affects the same phones, as well as the United IP conference phone 7900 series, 8831 series, and 8831 with multiplatform firmware.

Collectively, the 8800 series includes six desk phone models (the 8811, 8841, 8845, 8851, 8861, and 8865), the IP conference phone 8832, and the 8821 and 8821-EX handsets for in campus mobile workers.

Cui said affected models include Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G, 7971G-GE, 7970G, 7965G, 7962G, 7961G, 7961G-GE, 7945G, 7942G, 7941G, 7941G-GE, 7931G, 7911G, and 7906.

The networking company will roll out a software patch later this month to remedy the problem, which currently affects a number of models in the CiscoUnified IP Phone 7900 series.

Cisco plans to release a stop-gap software patch later this month for the weakness, which affects several models in the CiscoUnified IP Phone 7900 series.

Cisco plans to release a software patch later this month to plug the security hole. The vulnerability has been confirmed to affect several models of desk phones in the CiscoUnified IP Phone 7900 ...

The bugs – rated “highly critical” by vulnerability tracking firm Secunia – were reported in 16 devices from the networking giant's Unified IP Phone 7900 series, according to a Cisco advisory.

All the vulnerabilities affect the 8800 series, while one that enables a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on the target, CVE-2019-1716, also impacts Cisco IP Phone 7800 series.