Digium Asterisk up to 0.1.8 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digium Asterisk up to 0.1.8. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3263. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Digium Asterisk up to 0.1.8 (Communications System). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IAX2 protocol implementation in Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x, 1.2.x before 1.2.30, and 1.4.x before 1.4.21.2; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.x before B.2.5.4, and C.x.x before C.1.10.3; AsteriskNOW; Appliance Developer Kit 0.x.x; and s800i 1.0.x before 1.2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (call-number exhaustion and CPU consumption) by quickly sending a large number of IAX2 (IAX) POKE requests.

The weakness was published 07/22/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3263. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33576 (Asterisk IAX2 (IAX) POKE Request Saturation Resource Exhaustion Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service.

Upgrading to version 0.1.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43942), Exploit-DB (32095), Tenable (33576), SecurityFocus (BID 30321†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020535†). Similar entry is available at VDB-43337. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 33576
Nessus Name: Asterisk IAX2 (IAX) POKE Request Saturation Resource Exhaustion Remote DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 860065
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Asterisk 0.1.9
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: digium.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3263 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3263
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43335
X-Force: 43942
SecurityFocus: 30321 - Asterisk IAX 'POKE' Requests Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1020535
Vulnerability Center: 18936 - Digium Asterisk Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS via an IAX POKE requests, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 12/30/2024 02:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (63), 12/24/2017 09:43 (13), 08/01/2021 14:29 (3), 12/21/2024 04:30 (17), 12/30/2024 02:22 (1)
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