Asterisk BYE/Also transfer method denial of service

asterisk-bye-also-dos (39361) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Asterisk is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the handling of the BYE with Also transfer method. If a dialog has already been established, a remote attacker could attempt to make a transfer using the BYE message and crash the vulnerable application.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 4.3
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Medium
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 3.2
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Refer to AST-2008-001 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • AST-2008-001: Remote Crash Vulnerability in SIP channel driver.
  • BID-27110: Asterisk BYE Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-0095: The SIP channel driver in Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x before 1.4.17, Business Edition before C.1.0-beta8, AsteriskNOW before beta7, Appliance Developer Kit before Asterisk 1.4 revision 95946, and Appliance s800i 1.0.x before 1.0.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a BYE message with an Also (Also transfer) header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
  • SA28312: Asterisk "BYE/Also" Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • SECTRACK ID: 1019152: Asterisk SIP Channel Driver Can Be Crashed By Remote Users With 'BYE with Also' Method
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0019: Asterisk SIP Channel Driver BYE Message Denial of Service Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit SVN - 1.4 rev. 95946
  • Digium Asterisk Business Edition C.x.x prior to C.1.0-b8
  • Digium Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x prior to 1.4.17
  • Digium AsteriskNOW pre-release -beta7
  • Digium s800i 1.0.x - 1.0.3.4

Reported:

Jan 02, 2008

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