CVE-2017-9358

Summary

CVECVE-2017-9358
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-02 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionA 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).

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

Problem Types: CWE-835 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 All All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 cert1 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 cert1-rc1 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 cert1-rc2 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 cert1-rc3 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 cert1-rc4 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 cert2 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 cert3 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 rc1 All All
Application Asterisk Certified Asterisk 13.13.0 rc2 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.0.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.1.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.10.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.11.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.12.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.12.1 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.12.2 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.13.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.14.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.15.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.2.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.4.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.4.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.5.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.6.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.7.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.8.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.8.1 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.8.2 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.9.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 13.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.0.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.2.0 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.2.1 All All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Sangoma Asterisk 14.4.0 rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#863906 - asterisk: CVE-2017-9358: AST-2017-004: Memory exhaustion on short SCCP packets - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-004.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 downloads.asterisk.org Third Party Advisory
Multiple Asterisk Products Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Asterisk SCCP Packet Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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