Digium Asterisk 1.4.4 2007-04-27 IAX2 Channel Driver denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Digium Asterisk 1.4.4 2007-04-27 (Communications System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component IAX2 Channel Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IAX2 channel driver (chan_iax2) in Asterisk before 20070504 does not properly null terminate data, which allows remote attackers to trigger loss of transmitted data, and possibly obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or cause a denial of service (application crash), by sending a frame that lacks a 0 byte.

The weakness was presented 05/07/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2488 since 05/03/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25938 (Debian DSA-1358-1 : asterisk - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165069 (SUSE Security Update for Asterisk (SUSE-SA:2007:034)).

Upgrading to version 1.4.4_2007-04-27 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34085) and Tenable (25938). See 2986, 35774, 35469 and 36430 for similar entries.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 25938
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1358-1 : asterisk - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 58577
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1358-1 (asterisk)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Asterisk 1.4.4_2007-04-27

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: digium.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-2488 (🔍)
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X-Force: 34085
Vulnerability Center: 15953 - Asterisk IAX2 Channel Driver Remote Loss of Transmitted Data, Information Disclosure and DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 23824 - Asterisk IAX2 Text Frame Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 25134 - Asterisk IAX2 Channel Driver Information Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 35769 - Asterisk IAX2 Channel Driver (chan_iax2) Remote Memory Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2007-1661

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Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/14/2021 15:20
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (67), 12/24/2017 09:43 (14), 07/14/2021 15:20 (2)
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