CVE-2017-9358

Description

A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.15.1 and 14.x before 14.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert4, which can be triggered by sending specially crafted SCCP packets causing an infinite loop and leading to memory exhaustion (by message logging in that loop).

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.19% Top 25%
Third-Party Advisory asterisk.org Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038531 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98573 vdb entry third party advisory
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-004.txt third party advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/863906 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9358?
CVE-2017-9358 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-9358?
To fix CVE-2017-9358, 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-2017-9358 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-9358 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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