CVE-2007-2488

Description

The IAX2 channel driver (chan_iax2) in Asterisk before 20070504 does not properly null terminate data, which allows remote attackers to trigger loss of transmitted data, and possibly obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or cause a denial of service (application crash), by sending a frame that lacks a 0 byte.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.70% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1661	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_34_asterisk.html	vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/35769	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34085	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25582	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25134	third party advisory
http://ftp.digium.com/pub/asa/ASA-2007-013.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23824	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1358	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2488?: CVE-2007-2488 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2488?: To fix CVE-2007-2488, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2488 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-2488 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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