Asterisk SIP Channel Driver Denial of Service (AST-2011-007)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5939

Synopsis

The remote VoIP server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

Description

The version of Asterisk running on the remote host is potentially affected by a denial of service vulnerability. If a remote attacker initiates a SIP call and the recipient picks up, the remote user can reply with a malformed Contact header that will cause Asterisk to crash.

Solution

Upgrade to Asterisk 1.8.4.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5939

Family: Generic

Published: 6/3/2011

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 54971

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:digium:asterisk

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2216

BID: 48096

Detections

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