Digium Asterisk up to 1.4.10 User Account information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Digium Asterisk up to 1.4.10. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component User Account. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2009-0041. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digium Asterisk up to 1.4.10 (Communications System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IAX2 in Asterisk Open Source 1.2.x before 1.2.31, 1.4.x before 1.4.23-rc4, and 1.6.x before 1.6.0.3-rc2; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.x before B.2.5.7, C.1.x.x before C.1.10.4, and C.2.x.x before C.2.1.2.1; and s800i 1.2.x before 1.3.0 responds differently to a failed login attempt depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.

The weakness was released 01/14/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0041. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37560 (Fedora 10 : asterisk-1.6.0.5-2.fc10 (2009-0984)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175032 (Debian Security Update for Asterisk (DSA-1952)).

Upgrading to version 1.4.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47846), Tenable (37560), SecurityFocus (BID 33174†), Secunia (SA37677†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021549†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 37560
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : asterisk-1.6.0.5-2.fc10 (2009-0984)
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OpenVAS ID: 66591
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1952-1 (asterisk)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Asterisk 1.4.11

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01/06/2009 🔍
01/07/2009 +1 days 🔍
01/08/2009 +1 days 🔍
01/14/2009 +6 days 🔍
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02/17/2009 +34 days 🔍
04/23/2009 +65 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2154 days 🔍
03/01/2025 +3637 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: digium.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45906

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X-Force: 47846
SecurityFocus: 33174 - Asterisk IAX2 Authentication Response Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 37677
SecurityTracker: 1021549
Vulnerability Center: 20906 - Digium Asterisk Remote Information Disclosure and Unauthorized Access Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 03/01/2025 22:11
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (62), 12/24/2017 09:37 (10), 08/04/2021 02:44 (3), 08/04/2021 02:52 (1), 12/30/2024 07:32 (17), 03/01/2025 22:11 (1)
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