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Asterisk DoS Vulnerability (AST-2018-007)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Asterisk is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. Thus rendering the system as unusable.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Asterisk Open Source 15.x.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Version 15.4.1 or later.