CVE-2008-2119

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.54% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-01.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30517 third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5749 exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42823 vdb entry
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=12607
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020166 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493020/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1731 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34982 third party advisory
http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk?view=rev&revision=120109
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-008.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2119?
CVE-2008-2119 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2119?
To fix CVE-2008-2119, 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-2008-2119 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2119 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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