Asterisk IAX2 Call Number Space Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:36275

Info

Asterisk IAX2 Call Number Space Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36275
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-2346
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 03 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:21PM
Credit: Noam Rathaus and Blake Cornell
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
Asterisk s800i Appliance 1.3 .2
Asterisk s800i Appliance 1.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.3.1.0
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.4.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.3.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.3 .2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.1.2.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.8.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.6.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.6.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.6
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.10.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.10.4
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.10.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.0-beta8
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.0-beta7
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.9
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.8
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.6
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.4
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.6
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.4
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.2.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.2.0
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.1.3.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.1.3.2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.1 0-rc2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.1 0-rc1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.1 .5
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6 beta6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6 6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6 .8
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.26
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.24 .1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.24
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.23 .2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.23 .1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.23
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.22
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.19 .1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.19 -rc3
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.19
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.18
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.17
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.16
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.15
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.14
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.13
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.12
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.11
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.10
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.9
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.8
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.7
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.5
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.4
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.3
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.34
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.33
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.32
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.31
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.30
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.29
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.28
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.27
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.26
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.25
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.24
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.23
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.22
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.21
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.19
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.18
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.17
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.16
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.15
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.14
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.13
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.11
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.10
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.9
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.8
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.7
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.5
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2 .0-beta2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2 .0-beta1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.0.3
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.0.14
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.26.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.22.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.21.2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.18.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4 revision 95946
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4 Beta
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.30.4
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.30.3
Not Vulnerable: Asterisk s800i Appliance 1.3.0.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.3.1 1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.4.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.10
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.1 .6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.35
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.0.15
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.26.2

Discussion

Asterisk IAX2 Call Number Space Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Asterisk is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly handle an excessive amount of call numbers.

Successful exploits can cause the application to stop accepting connections, resulting in denial-of-service conditions for legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Asterisk IAX2 Call Number Space Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can carry out this attack by sending a large number of call messages using a client application.

Solution / Fix

Asterisk IAX2 Call Number Space Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Asterisk IAX2 Call Number Space Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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