Buffer overflow in freeswitch - CVE-2013-2238

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Buffer overflow in freeswitch - CVE-2013-2238

Published: October 1, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42513
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2238
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
freeswitch
Software vendor:
www.freeswitch.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Multiple buffer overflows in the switch_perform_substitution function in switch_regex.c in FreeSWITCH 1.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the index and substituted variables.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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