SB2017120401 - Denial of service in Digium Asterisk

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SB2017120401 - Denial of service in Digium Asterisk

Published: December 4, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017120401
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can send a flood of specially crafted data to trigger a flaw in the chan_skinny (SCCP protocol) channel driver, consume excessive virtual memory on the target system and cause the service to stop processing requests. .

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References