CVE-2017-17090
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-17090 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-12-02 00:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC |
| Description | An issue was discovered in chan_skinny.c in Asterisk Open Source 13.18.2 and older, 14.7.2 and older, and 15.1.2 and older, and Certified Asterisk 13.13-cert7 and older. If the chan_skinny (aka SCCP protocol) channel driver is flooded with certain requests, it can cause the asterisk process to use excessive amounts of virtual memory, eventually causing asterisk to stop processing requests of any kind. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.805820000 probability, percentile 0.991510000 (date 2026-05-14)
Problem Types: CWE-459 | n/a
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 7.5 | HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
CVSS v3.0 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Digium | Asterisk | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Asterisk | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Asterisk | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert1 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert1_rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert1_rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert1_rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert1_rc4 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert2 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert3 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert4 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert5 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert6 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | 13.13 | cert7 | All | All |
| Application | Digium | Certified Asterisk | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asterisk chan_skinny Driver Bug Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| AST-2017-013 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | downloads.digium.com | Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1225-1] asterisk security update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.debian.org | |
| Asterisk 13.17.2 - 'chan_skinny' Remote Memory Corruption | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| [ASTERISK-27452] Security: chan_skinny: Memory exhaustion if flooded with unauthenticated requests - Digium/Asterisk JIRA | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.asterisk.org | Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory |
| Asterisk 'chan_skinny' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4076-1 asterisk | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.