Asterisk Firmware Update Protocol Lets Remote Users Attack Arbitrary Sites Via the Asterisk Server
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020536
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020536
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3264
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 23 2008
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Exploit Included: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.2 prior to 1.2.30, 1.4 prior to 1.4.21.2
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Asterisk. A remote user can initiate denial of service attacks via the target system.
A remote user can send a spoofed IAX2 PWDOWNL request to the target system to cause the target system to respond to the spoofed system.
A 40 byte PWDOWNL request can result in a 1040 byte response. This can be exploited by a remote user to attack arbitrary systems
via the target system.
The vendor was notified on July 18, 2008.
Tilghman Lesher reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can attack arbitrary systems via the target system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.2.30, 1.4.21.2).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-011.html
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Vendor URL: downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-011.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Authentication error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:08:11 -0400
Subject: Asterisk
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http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-011.html
CVE-2008-3264
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