Improper Input Validation Affecting asterisk package, versions [,b2.5.2][b2.5.2,1.2.28.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ASTERISK-2371600
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Jun 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-2119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade asterisk to version 1.2.28.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.29 and Business Edition A.x.x and B.x.x before B.2.5.3, when pedantic parsing (aka pedanticsipchecking) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SIP INVITE message that lacks a From header, related to invocations of the ast_uri_decode function, and improper handling of (1) an empty const string and (2) a NULL pointer.

CVSS Scores

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