Asterisk RTP Codec Payload Handling Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Publish date: February 15, 2011
  Severity: MEDIUM
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-1289
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

Asterisk is prone to multiple buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data before copying it to insufficiently sized buffers. Exploiting these issues may allow an attacker to corrupt memory and cause denial-of-service conditions or potentially execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. These issues affect the following versions: Asterisk Open Source prior to 1.4.18.1 and 1.4.19-rc3. Asterisk Open Source prior to 1.6.0-beta6 Asterisk Business Edition prior to C.1.6.1 AsteriskNOW prior to 1.0.2 Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit prior to Asterisk 1.4 revision 109386 s800i (Asterisk Appliance) prior to 1.1.0.2

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002104
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002104 - Asterisk RTP Codec Payload Handling Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Asterisk Asterisk 1.4 Beta
  • Asterisk Asterisk 1.4 revision 95946
  • Asterisk Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit 1.4
  • Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.0-beta7
  • Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.0-beta8
  • Asterisk s800i Appliance 1.1 0

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