Improper Authentication Affecting asterisk package, versions [b.2.3.4,1.2.30.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
22.72% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ASTERISK-2371526
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for asterisk.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Asterisk Open Source 1.2.26 through 1.2.30.3 and Business Edition B.2.3.5 through B.2.5.5, when realtime IAX2 users are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via authentication attempts involving (1) an unknown user or (2) a user using hostname matching.

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